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Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

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Is It Mystery Meat? Fake News or Fake Tuna? Lawsuit: Something’s Fishy At Subway

Fake tuna. That’s what a lawsuit says Subway puts in its not really foot long subs. And it’s not fish either, although the lawyers can’t say what it is. Except, not tuna, and not from the ocean.

This Startup Is Growing Sushi-Grade Salmon From Cells in a Lab

As the ills of factory farming become more pronounced, people are increasingly gravitating towards vegetarian or pescatarian diets. Besides producing a large percentage of our total greenhouse gas emissions, raising livestock uses up a third of the world’s arable land…

Can Phages Save Us…? Are There Life Saving Secrets?

Can phages save us? Really? From what? First, what are phages anyway and how do their near-magical powers work? Ready for the good viruses? About Bacteriophages… By David Stone Assorted Ideas, Large & Small Their full title is a mouthful….

One big reason why you should drink coffee: It’s healthy

And in 2018, an American Medical Association review analyzed information from 500,000 study volunteers that revealed “coffee drinkers were found to be about 10 percent to 15 percent less likely to die than non-coffee drinkers during a decade of follow-up checks.”