Medicine 13
Do insects feel pain?
Scientists have known insects experience something like pain since 2003, but new research published today from Associate Professor Greg Neely and colleagues at the University of Sydney proves for the first time that insects also experience chronic pain that lasts long after an initial injury has healed. Read the study, clic here
Insects are rich in antioxidants
Grasshoppers and silkworms have antioxidant capacity similar to fresh orange juice, a new study says. For the first time, a study has measured antioxidant levels in commercially available edible insects. Sure, most of them don’t have six legs – and scorpions, spiders, and centipedes aren’t even insects. But for open-minded health freaks, it’s good news: […]
Gastrophysics: the new science of eating
Interview with Charles Spence, professor of experimental psychology at Somerville College Can you explain what exactly experimental psychology and multisensory foods are? Gastrophysics: the new science of eating is all about combining the best in food experiences (that is the gastronomy part) with the latest in psychology/measurement science (that is the psychophysics part). This new approach […]
The plastic-eating worms
Interview with Dr. Federica Bertocchini, Biomedicine Institute of Cantabria You’ve recently discovered an astonishing “talent” of the Galleria Mellonella larvae. Can you tell us more about? With my collaborators Paolo Bombelli and Chris Howe, at the University of Cambridge, UK, we discovered that the wax worm can bio-degrade polyethylene, the plastic of the garbage bags […]
Food allergies are growing in the West
Interview with Antonio De Gennaro, founder of FoodAllergeni Tell us about your background and the activities of FoodAllergeni I am an entrepreneur, graduated in Communication at the University La Sapienza of Rome. I worked for several years with a known communications company as a trainer for retail. In the last three years I worked as […]
Farming crickets in Canada
Interview to Jarrod Goldin, Co-founder of Entomo Farms Yours is a family business. What inspired you and made you start this very particular activity? My two brothers, Darren and Ryan, have been farming insects for the reptile trade for 10 years; I was a chiropractor with a big interest in health. I’ve also always wanted […]
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