To answer the question of “What should I eat for dinner?” you must first answer, “What does it mean to suffer?” (This is a joke. Answer it after you eat dinner. You’ll need brain fuel.)
Georgia Ray () on ethics, animal cognition, and cake.
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This is a story about science, academia, bureaucratic maneuvering, ambition, politics, capitalism, the “deep state,” secret emails, and slippery ethical slopes.
And also alcohol.
Read in the latest issue of Asterisk.
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The Green Revolution saved a billion lives, but left a legacy of homogenous diets and distorted agricultural markets. What impact has that had on global health — and how can we move forward?
of speaks to Asterisk magazine.
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In London this weekend? A reader-hosted reading group is meeting this Sunday to discuss Issue 01. Details below.
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Oral rehydration therapy #ORT is now the standard treatment for dehydration. It’s saved millions of lives, and can be prepared at home in minutes. So why did it take so long to discover?
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Timelapse illustration of Asterisk magazine - Chinese SemiConductors article. I work on iPad Pro and use Adobe Fresco ✨✨✨
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"What are you writing? She laughed at this foreign idiot, journaling in a dark alley outside the brothels at 4 a.m. I half-stammered, half-shouted back, I’m just trying to study tofu!"
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If you'd like to learn more about the types of tofu produced in China, has a list with photos, descriptions, and links here: brokencuisine.com/a_list_of_almo
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Exploding-juice tofu, stinky tofu, frozen tofu, the tofu dumpling of love. George Stiffman (@brokencuisine) writes about tofu - but probably not the tofu you're thinking of.
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The replication crisis began more than a decade ago. If you've been wondering if anything has changed in academia since then, has some answers.
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Asterisk contributor recently spoke with about AI goals and risks, how competition between the US and China shapes AI policy, and whether we can and should focus on slowing down AI progress - and more.
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So recommended my piece on oral rehydration on the Show! Pretty stoked to hear that while listening to the podcast
You can read the article here:
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"These chickens resembled something between an animal and a fruit, an observation that is encapsulated by the product’s official slogan: They may as well grow on trees."
Read 's short story in Asterisk's inaugural issue - out now.
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What can we learn about moral change from the history of abolition?
Christopher Leslie Brown speaks to Asterisk about ego trips, Quakers, and historical counterfactuals in our debut issue.
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To answer the question of “What should I eat for dinner?” you must first answer, “What does it mean to suffer?” (This is a joke. Answer it after you eat dinner. You’ll need brain fuel.)
Georgia Ray () on ethics, animal cognition, and cake.
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"a quarterly journal of writing and clear thinking about things that matter"
Le 2e numéro de l'excellent est sorti 🥳 Il est possible de s'y abonner et de le recevoir au format papier !
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The next pandemic is coming.
How can we predict what it will be? Or when it might come?
forecasts the next Covid-level outbreak in Issue 02.
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Delightful article exploring the diversity of tofu via
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babe wake up a new edition of asterisk magazine just dropped
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How many people die from nutrition misinformation?
takes a stab at an answer.
It's a tall order. You have to define misinformation, figure out how much there is, and then translate that to bad food decisions and, ultimately, disease and death.
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Read This, Not That: The Hidden Cost of Nutrition Misinformation: buff.ly/3mS2zIo
Worth a read from in :
"Our daily lives are inundated with misleading claims about nutrition. That’s not just distracting — it’s also harming our health"
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Thought-provoking article by . As a researcher, I regularly face the challenge of ensuring press releases and articles about my papers are accurate. I now write most press releases myself. Social media posts about my articles are often inaccurate.
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Everyone wants to know if plant-based meats are good for you.
So are they?
Read on the evidence behind the plant-based meat health debates.
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Martha Nussbaum’s latest book challenges us to change the way we think — and feel — about animals. What role can wonder and awe play when pathos comes up short?
Read 's review in Issue 02.
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The #GreenRevolution saved a billion lives, but it left a legacy of homogenous diets and distorted agricultural markets. What impact has this had on global health — and how can we move forward?
Prof in conversation with
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In my interview with Asterisk Magazine I argue that staple grain fundamentalism is constraining our ability to transition to a healthy food system.
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The Green Revolution saved a billion lives, but left a legacy of homogenous diets and distorted agricultural markets. What impact has that had on global health — and how can we move forward?
@prabhupingali of @TataCornell speaks to Asterisk magazine.
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-Do farmed animals or wild animals live better lives?
-Do cortisol studies accurately measure well-being?
-What diet results in the least animal suffering?
Answers to these questions - and more - in our interview with .
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The Green Revolution saved a billion lives, but left a legacy of homogenous diets and distorted agricultural markets. What impact has that had on global health — and how can we move forward?
of speaks to Asterisk magazine.
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In 1815, the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history led to harvest failures across the globe.
Today, a nuclear winter could bring the global food system crashing down.
How can we prepare now to feed the world in the aftermath of a catastrophe?
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This is a story about science, academia, bureaucratic maneuvering, ambition, politics, capitalism, the “deep state,” secret emails, and slippery ethical slopes.
And also alcohol.
Read in the latest issue of Asterisk.
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In 1980, 4.8 million children died of diarrhoea every year. Now it's 500,000.
A large chunk of this reduction is due to oral rehydration solution: Sugar and salt dissolved in water.
Why did it take until 1968 for scientists to realise this?
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There's a new magazine called Asterisk*, and EA London is launching a reading group alongside: asteriskmag.com
* Looks like great reading, although I'm not going to lie, I got quite excited for the Asterix reading group...
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It's been 10 years since the first live tasting of a #cultivatedmeat burger.
discusses the main challenges as the industry enters the next phase of scaling production, which will likely take several years to begin to solve.
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It’s been almost two years since ’s article in described cultivated meat as a gamble. Investors haven't been deterred.
writes on where the industry stands today — and where it might still go.
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Exploding-juice tofu, stinky tofu, frozen tofu, the tofu dumpling of love. George Stiffman () writes about tofu - but probably not the tofu you're thinking of.
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This article is one of the more important things I've written.
It's about nutrition misinformation.
▶️What it is
▶️How widespread it is
▶️Where it comes from
▶️Why people believe it
▶️How, and how much, it harms us
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We lack good data on the public health burden of nutrition misinformation, but it could be as high as road injuries or gun violence. Read on the roots of nutrition misinformation, how to estimate its impact, and what we can do to combat it.
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Issue 02: Food is here!
Featuring:
and Mike Hinge.
Dig in. We hope you enjoy it.
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