Inside a gadget-filled lab at an office outside San Francisco, there’s a refrigerator packed with clear Ziploc bags of rotting food. It’s an extreme version of the experience almost everybody’s had of ...

Food waste generates about 8-10% of global planet-warming gases and costs trillions each year, according to the United Nations Environment Programme. But a new study suggests electricity could help ...

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The problem of commercially grown fruit and vegetables going rotten before making it to the customer is a constant issue for producers and vendors. Low cost instruments to detect the presence of rot ...

Nobody wants to smell rotting food in the morning. This simple trick allows you to feed your compost pile weekly without stinking up the kitchen. David lives in Brooklyn where he's spent more than a ...

Maggots love to feed on decaying fruit. New research explains how they found this out and the implications for having texture be such a big deal. Ever bite into a luscious-looking apple only to be ...