A fungal cuisine superstar may soon be putting a new, meat-free patty on the menu. Aspergillus oryzae, or koji mold to its friends, is already a key ingredient in miso,… Read the rest of the article: Mold is on the menu: Aspergillus oryzae, to be precise

There's a new app that gives you the serotonin hits of social media likes without any of the downsides, like stirring up the trolls —  because it's not real. Gizmodo… Read the rest of the article: Palmsy: a fake social media platform is the best yet

Activists in Vancouver are building a safer city for pedestrians, one brick at a time.  According to The Daily Hive a group called Vision One Vancouver has taken a unique… Read the rest of the article: Protecting Vancouver's pedestrians, one highly-realistic foam brick at a time

Thousands of years before the Jurassic Park movies inspired a legion of creative fans, early humans were paying homage to dinosaurs. According to Gizmodo, a team of researchers have identified… Read the rest of the article: Ancient humans were dino fans

Space tourism has an audience limited by income, but there's a new proposal in the works that could help countless earthbound humans. Wired's Grace Browne reports that a company called… Read the rest of the article: Plans to make cutting-edge cancer drugs in space

This spring, Washington, D.C. residents turned out in droves to say sayonara to Stumpy, a gnarled and dying Japanese cherry tree. Even though Stumpy looks more like driftwood than a… Read the rest of the article: An afterlife for beloved DC cherry tree Stumpy

Transgender people face a mountain of prejudice in many fields, but there's finally some good news in the world of competitive sports.  Cosmopolitan reports that when the governing body of… Read the rest of the article: Rock climbers rebel against restrictions on trans athletes

Pineapples are muscling in on the banana's single-serving appeal. The Takeout reports that Del Monte has developed the Precious Honeyglow Pineapple, an adorable little globe, sized for one. Weighing between… Read the rest of the article: Would you like a miniature pineapple?

New York has plenty of intracity rivalries — Yankees versus Mets, Ray's Pizza versus all the other Ray's Pizzas, and now tour buses are getting in on the action. According… Read the rest of the article: The great New York bus tour battle

The fiasco known as the Willy Wonka Chocolate Experience, or "Fyre Fest For Kids", may be lurching back to life as a musical. This February, parents and children in Glasgow… Read the rest of the article: The Willy Wonka Chocolate Experience fiasco is lurching back to life as a musical

NASA just took one giant leap towards lunar exploration. A geolocation navigational aid with the catchy name of Lunar Node 1 experiment (LN1) was transported to the moon by the… Read the rest of the article: Lunar Node 1: the trailblazing lunar beacon guiding NASA's future in space exploration

Geoengineers have a bold new idea in the battle to slow climate change. According to Gizmodo, water vapor trapped 4 to 50 miles above earth acts as a greenhouse gas.… Read the rest of the article: Geoengineers propose freezing high-altitude water vapor to slow climate change

With TikTok on the ropes, Americans may have to look for a new source for dance moves — the 19th century. Deadline reports that, inspired by the steamy success of… Read the rest of the article: 19th century dances make a comeback in the UK

You can call it weed, grass, ganja, or pot, but it may be time to stop referring to cannabis as marijuana. According to The Guardian, the word has its origin… Read the rest of the article: The racist roots of the term "marijuana"

The latest foodie fad is going to do a number on your cholesterol. High-end restaurants are now serving butter as a dish all on its own. As reported in Grub… Read the rest of the article: High-end restaurants are now serving butter as a dish all on its own

Elon Musk has been getting roughed up lately, most recently by Don Lemon, who had the temerity to ask him direct questions about apparently racist statements. But if Elon was… Read the rest of the article: Tesla engineer pleads: Stop shooting your Cybertrucks!

Florida lawmakers have yet another beef to pick with the 21st century. The legislature recently passed a bill making it a crime to produce, sell or distribute lab-grown meat, punishable… Read the rest of the article: Florida lawmakers criminalize the production, sale, and distribution of lab-grown meat

French gourmands may have to bid adieu to one of their favorite dishes —  frog legs. France gobbles up over 4000 tons of cuisses de grenouille every year, and that… Read the rest of the article: Environmentalists hopping mad about frog legs

Before Brexit, the barrier between the UK and Europe was a physical one, a turbulent body of water known as the English Channel. In 1993 the underwater engineering masterpiece known… Read the rest of the article: The forgotten 1802 plan for an underwater brick tunnel to France

Calling all Final Girls and Boys — Blumhouse and AMC are preparing to scare the daylight savings out of you this spring with the first-ever Halfway To Halloween Film Festival.  … Read the rest of the article: Indie horror hits return to theaters for one night only