The secret ingredient for ending world hunger
Author, activist and academic Raj Patel introduces a novel “technology” to global farming that can help decrease chronic child malnutrition and ensure food sovereignty.
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Saving the planet means straying from the herd
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Why we can’t stop eating unhealthy foods
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A dignified solution for wasted food
Former president of Trader Joe’s and founder of Daily Table, Doug Rauch, reveals how he plans to water food deserts by minimizing food waste – and why cultural …
Stirring up political change from the kitchen
Urban chef, educator and author Bryant Terry puts the culture back into agriculture by using an anthropological lens to examine how food can spark revolutionary shifts in people’s …
How my son’s short life made a lasting difference
Sarah Gray shares her journey through finding meaning in her most tragic loss— by learning how to donate the organs of her newborn son to advance scientific research.
Expanding the genetic alphabet
Scripps Chemistry Professor Floyd Romesberg shares his enthusiasm for developing artificial DNA and its implications for novel protein therapeutics.
What really happens when you mix medications?
Stanford big data techno-optimist and internist Russ Altman shows us how the power of machine learning in drug development is helping us understand adverse medication effects.
A temporary tattoo that brings hospital care to the home
UCSD sensor innovator Todd Coleman shares his quest to develop health monitoring tattoos that hold promise for revolutionizing health care monitoring and making medicine less invasive.
The Paradox of Incentive Insensitivity
Entrepreneur and theoretical neuroscientist Vivienne Ming describes how we can best harness and maximize our human potential, and the personal transformations that can take place once that potential …