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Food of the future
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Nutrition
How do science fiction authors imagine the food of the future? Works conceived between 1896 and 1973 addressed standardised consumers, alienated by a capitalist society in pursuit of profitability. Were these works prophecy or metaphor?
Nutrition
A brief history of the food eaten on missions to space. Its evolution, design and role in the daily life of astronauts.
Nutrition
Oceanographer Bren Smith grows seaweed on his ocean farm in Long Island Sound. The plant contains more protein than soybeans and more calcium than milk. It can also be used to make pasta, ice cream and cocktails.
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