Two people got rat lungworm from eating raw centipedes. Could you be next?
Health The answer is yes—even if you don't like eating bugs. Rat lungworm isn’t confined to Asia and the Caribbean anymore: It’s in the U.S. And you don’t have to knowingly eat raw bugs for the...
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DIY Watch the PopSci team try some buggy dishes. Bugs provide a superior source of protein: Pound per pound, their land requirements and water usage are laughably low compared to even the most...
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From Our Blogs: Our Modern Plagues A new Kickstarter offers a kitchen-top insect farm. LIVIN just launched a Kickstarter for the LIVIN Farms Hive, which is a counter-top mealworm farm that you can...
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Environment Grubbly Farms turns scrap-eating insects into livestock food Insects may be a tasty, environmentally-friendly source of protein...but not everybody is excited about chowing down on bugs....
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From Our Blogs: Our Modern Plagues In recent years, foodies and earth-conscious eaters alike have grown increasingly interested in entomophagy (for the uninitiated, that’s the practice of eating...
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Entertainment And liked it! Among the taxidermic polar bears and emperor penguins that line the walls of the Explorers Club in Manhattan, a white linen tablecloth covers a small table with plates of…
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Environment Fry it up with some sesame oil and ginger We haven't tasted it yet, but love it already. We haven't tasted it yet, but love it already.
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Health We blindfolded Popular Science staff members and made them eat crickety treats.
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Science The environmentally friendly way to farm You've heard the arguments. Insects are cheap to grow, easy on the environment, and high in protein and minerals. In contrast, livestock such as pigs...
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Gadgets In case the only thing keeping you from adopting a sustainable bug diet was a lack of attractive appliances. The U.N. recently suggested (not for the first time) that we put a bit more crunchy...
View ArticleCockroach tea and cricket crepes: How to add (delicious) bugs to your diet
DIY Watch the PopSci team try some buggy dishes. Bugs provide a superior source of protein: Pound per pound, their land requirements and water usage are laughably low compared to even the most...
View ArticleWe Ate Pasta Made Out Of Crickets
Entertainment How does fusilli made with powdered insects compare to traditional pasta? yes…
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Eat your mealworms.Matthias Last May, I wrote about the crowd-funded start-up trend in entomophagy for Popular Science’s print magazine. Now, there’s another company to add to the list: LIVIN Farms....
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Insects may be a tasty, environmentally-friendly source of protein...but not everybody is excited about chowing down on bugs. So Grubbly Farms is putting edible insects to another use: harvesting black...
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Fried Bamboo Worms And CricketsShankar S./Flickr CC By 2.0 During the last weeks of winter, in an airy kitchen at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, two design students are making cocktail...
View ArticleThe Environmental Benefits Of Eating Crickets Vs. Chicken: It’s Complicated
"I ate this" (crickets ready for eating)Hans Splinter/FlickrIn recent years, foodies and earth-conscious eaters alike have grown increasingly interested in entomophagy (for the uninitiated, that’s the...
View ArticleI Chomped My Way Through Five Courses of Horrifying Bugs
Among the taxidermic polar bears and emperor penguins that line the walls of the Explorers Club in Manhattan, a white linen tablecloth covers a small table with plates of other dead animals. But these...
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C-Fu Raw, C-Fu in an EmpanadaThe C-Fu Team on TFFWe haven't tasted it yet, but we love it already. A team of graduate students at Cornell University created a tofu-like product made entirely with...
View ArticleA Taste Test Of Bug-Filled Protein Bars [Video]
http://cf.c.ooyala.com/xhMm9ocTqV13SVcCkJeFiQWcqpXujJbj/promo239325158 Please enable Javascript to watch this video Faced with bugs on their plates, Americans are more likely to shriek than salivate....
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