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Natural food dyes are winning the snack wars

American shoppers are increasingly buying food made from natural colors. Since last year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has moved to phase out synthetic dyes from food. Now, research shows that consumer demand is trending in the same direction as shoppers opt for products that use natural colorants like beets, grape, paprika, and…

AI

Towards an AI for Africa

Western-developed AI rides roughshod over Ubuntu values of connection and community that animate African ethical life - by Fainos Mangena Read on Aeon

World

The simple idea that helped prevent millions of traffic deaths

Let me start with the most local of local stories: the intersection down the street from my apartment in Brooklyn, where Columbia Street meets Summit Street. Since my family moved into the neighborhood in 2023, I’ve hated this intersection. It has no stop signs, no crosswalks, no signal. Crossing on foot with my son meant […]

Health & Medicine

The one thing Ozempic still can’t fix

GLP-1 drugs promised to usher in a new era of treating obesity as a disease. We could leave behind the anti-fat biases of the past, which blamed obesity on moral failing or personal weakness. Instead, these drugs would allow us to approach it as a medical condition, a complex matrix of genetics and other forces […]

AI

Don't outsource the best parts of parenting to AI

Talking to your kids is one of the fun parts of parenting. I'd rather AI take over mundane tasks like laundry or organizing school communications.

  • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman suggests AI-generated podcast for children's schedule.
  • Many argue AI should not replace enjoyable parenting aspects.
  • Author recommends retaining delightful parenting experiences like bedtime stories.

World

Jack Letts appeals for repatriations from Iraq in 'out of the blue' phone call to parents

Jack Letts appeals for repatriations from Iraq in 'out of the blue' phone call to parents Submitted by Simon Hooper on Mon, 08/03/2026 - 17:48 British-born Canadian man, who spoke to his parents for…

  • Jack Letts, 30, appealed to parents for repatriation from Iraq via phone call.
  • Letts traveled to IS-controlled Syria territory as teenager in 2014.
  • Letts detained in Iraq without charge since earlier this year.

Science

A legacy written in DNA

Bequeathing his body to the PEACE study, Edward Speed is one of many helping to reveal the hidden impact of cancer treatment both before and after death – including how DNA in healthy tissue might…

  • Edward Speed, 68, bequeathed body to PEACE study after cancer battle.
  • PEACE study explores cancer treatment's impact on body's organs.
  • Study reveals "mutational fingerprints" in healthy organs of cancer patients.
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