Moore Lowdown
Food Waste, Food Insecurity, and the Right to Food
November 15, 2017 | Nearly one-third of America’s food supply goes to waste. Although the government has recently instituted a number of measures to improve that state of affairs, it may take deeper changes to eliminate food insecurity.
Celebrity Health
#TheyKnew about Harvey
October 30, 2017 | I have been silenced for 20 years. I have been slut shamed, I've been harassed, I've been maligned. And you know what, I'm just like you - Rose McGowan
Moore Lowdown
Is Climate Change Coming to Your Coffee Cup?
October 26, 2017 | The planet is warming, and the effects are being felt far and wide. But a new one may hit so close to home that by the end of the century the daily life of the average American will never be the same.
Moore Lowdown
The Unnaturalness of “Natural Flavors”
October 15, 2017 | The word “natural” has become perhaps the most misleading term in the food industry. Nothing makes that clearer than “natural flavoring,” a marketing trick used to enhance or even mask that actual natural flavor of what you’re eating.
Moore Lowdown
Psychedelics Can Take You on a Healing Trip
September 28, 2017 | Although it’s not news to a lot of us, even the purveyors of the ruinous failure known as the “War on Drugs” may be finally opening their eyes to the salubrious qualities of even the most prohibited of controlled substances
Best Medicine
Virtual Chemotherapy
September 25, 2017 | Ever wondered what it would be like to undergo chemotherapy? Strap yourself in and come along on a virtual chemo ride
Moore Lowdown
Biomimicry: Letting Nature Show Us the Way(s)
September 04, 2017 | From creating material for building structures to synthesizing energy, for eons nature has invented ways to perform myriad tasks in environmentally sustainable ways. So the more humans learn and emulate these lessons, the better off we'll be.
Moore Lowdown
Your Brain on Video Games: Surveying the Available Evidence
August 28, 2017 | Video games are big business, so there's plenty of incentive for saying they're good for you. But a comprehensive survey of over 100 studies shows that gaming is a decidedly mixed bag.
Celebrity Health
Think Before You Spit
August 09, 2017 | Do you really understand what you’re getting yourself into when you send in your sample? Probably not
Moore Lowdown
Changing Our Names to Change the Patriarchy
August 05, 2017 | The tradition of women and children taking men's surnames is sexism pure and simple. But in several states there's a law on the books to efface it.
