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2023-02-08 Chocolate chemistry – a food scientist explains how the beloved treat gets its flavor, texture and tricky reputation as an ingredient Tracey Kusiewicz/Foodie Photography/Moment via Getty Images Sheryl Barringer, The Ohio State University Whether it is enjoyed as creamy milk chocolate truffles, baked in a devilishly dark chocolate cake or even poured as hot cocoa, […]
2023-01-26 Pressure Mounts for Hospice Reform by Ava Kofman ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Series: The Hospice Hustle How a Visionary Movement Became a Plaything for Profiteers Last week, the four largest hospice trade associations […]
They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars. by Brett Murphy ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Series: Words of Conviction Tracing a Junk Science Through the […]
2022-12-28 Getting lab-grown meat — and milk — to the table Beef, chicken and dairy made from cultured cells could offer a smaller footprint than conventional farms. Companies are working on scaling up and bringing prices down. By Bob Holmes Diners at the swanky Atelier Crenn restaurant in San Francisco expect to be served […]
2022-12-26 Survivors of Gangs and Gun Violence, These Women Now Help Others Navigate Grief Larita Rice-Barnes (left), Terra Jenkins (center), and April Roby-Bell work behind the scenes in East St. Louis, Illinois, and its surrounding communities to help grieving families after tragedies. The three women grew up around street gangs and now fill […]
2022-12-23 The Official Who Investigates Suspicious Deaths in Your Town May Be a Doctor — Or Not Samantha Young When a group of physicians gathered in Washington state for an annual meeting, one made a startling revelation: If you ever want to know when, how — and where — to kill someone, I […]
The School That Calls the Police on Students Every Other Day by Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Series: The Price Kids Pay How Schools and Police […]
About one-third of the food Americans buy is wasted, hurting the climate and consumers’ wallets Wasted food – and land, labor, chemicals, water and energy. ATU Images via Getty Images Brian E. Roe, The Ohio State University You saw it at Thanksgiving, and you’ll likely see it at your next holiday feast: piles of unwanted food […]
2022-11-24 A Work-From-Home Culture Takes Root in California Phillip Reese Even as pandemic lockdowns fade into memory, covid-19 has transformed California’s workplace culture in ways researchers say will reverberate well beyond 2022. According to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau, working from home for some portion of the week has become the […]
Patients suffering with hard-to-treat depression may get relief from noninvasive magnetic brain stimulation Transcranial magnetic stimulation has worked when medication and other therapies have not. Monty Rakusen/Image Source via Getty Images Patricia Junquera, Florida International University Not only is depression a debilitating disease, but it is also widespread. Approximately 20 million adult Americans experience at least […]