Why Two Guys Are Building a Massive Island Out of Fat
Just north of Amsterdam’s most famous canals, there’s an island of fat bobbing up and down in the sea by a wharf in a…
McDonald's Plan to Put Fitness Trackers in Happy Meals Is a Cruel Joke
Letting kids eat a lot of McDonald’s is a great way to make them fat. But sometimes parents can’t resist buying food…
How Different Camera Lenses Can Make You Look Fatter
The camera really does add 10 pounds. Here’s a good look at the effect that different lenses and barrel distortion can…
The Problem With the New Chocolate Substitute Is the Problem With All Food Substitutes
There’s a new form of chocolate out there that wants to replace candy as we know it. The reason it’s not going to is…
More People Worldwide Are Now Obese Than Underweight
The world is getting fatter. But now a study by researchers from Imperial College London suggests we’ve reached a new…
Facebook Bans Feeling Fat
Had an extra helping at dinner? Downed a pint of ice cream for desert? Inhaled entire sticks of butter to fill the…
When You Lose Weight, Where Does The Fat Actually Go?
The answer to this question may surprise you. And in fact, according to a recent British Medical Journal article…
How To Cook Breakfast Over A Campfire Like A Pro
Forget instant oatmeal, in the outdoors you should be eating like a king. Here's how to cook the breakfast of bearded…
Cat owners may claim that their pets love ice cream and doughnuts, but it's the fat they enjoy. The taste receptor for…
Boiling Coca-Cola turns the soda into this gross black goopy tar
The delicious diabetes drink commonly known as soda is a true scientific wonder. We know it's crap but we love it…
The Science of Fat
If you're anything like over sixty percent of Americans, you've got a few pounds of fat you could stand to lose. If you…
A single pound of human body fat looks horrifyingly vile
Don't worry, what you're looking at isn't exactly real but actually a full replica of fatty tissue in a human body. Not…
The Science Behind Why Fat Tastes So Good
It's the end of January, and that means New Year's resolutions swearing off chocolate and fries and all the other…
How to use fat to make yourself into a submarine
When humans finally give up on this world and return to the sea, we’re going to have to learn to dive deep. To do…
Fifteen-ton "fatberg" removed from London sewer
Dear God. A hunk of "festering food fat" the size of a bus has been removed from a sewer beneath southwest London.
People from the South aren't the fattest – they're just more honest
Last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released maps of American obesity that pegged the country's…
There's Gross Alternative Fuel Just Hanging Out in the Sewers
Everybody knows about using oil as a fuel source, but London is putting a new spin on the concept. Soon the city will…
How Much Weight You Gained From Your Thanksgiving Dinner
Postprandial weight gain is all a matter of timing. In the short term-I mean the very short term-any food and drink…
Why Fat People Can't Help Getting Even Fatter
Put down those bear claws. No, both of them! Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have found that once you're fat,…
Two Competing Theories as to Why Americans Have Stopped Gaining Weight
Do you think obesity rates in the United States are on the rise? Despite what you've heard, they're not. The Centers…