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food issue

Fruits, Vegetables, and Disease Risk
Tracy Vence | Jun 5, 2014 | 1 min read
Watercress tops a list ranking produce according to nutrient density.
Contributors
Rina Shaikh-Lesko | Jun 1, 2014 | 3 min read
Meet some of the people featured in the June 2014 issue of The Scientist
Longevity Diet
Rina Shaikh-Lesko | Jun 1, 2014 | 2 min read
Researchers unmask a gene that protects C. elegans from lifespan-shrinking metabolic byproducts.
Nutrient-Sensing Neurons
Tracy Vence | Jun 1, 2014 | 2 min read
Using just three dopaminergic neurons, Drosophila larvae can sense whether a food source lacks a full roster of essential amino acids.
Beneficial Brew
Rina Shaikh-Lesko | Jun 1, 2014 | 2 min read
Drinking green tea appears to boost the activity of DNA repair enzymes.
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