If you've ever purchased a package of savory bacon from your local grocery store, you've probably asked yourself why it comes in the second-worse packaging style ever (only behind bags of flour).

It's more like a giant fungus. It's the design of a biotech company that uses mushrooms to make eco-friendly packing materials, leather, and even bacon. Mycelium, as it's called, is basically the ...

A version of this story appears in the August 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Around tables strewn with Exacto knives, bowls, cutting boards, tape, funnels, and bags of hemp powder ...

Each of us has enough DNA to reach from here to the sun and back, more than 300 times. How is all of that DNA packaged so tightly into chromosomes and squeezed into a tiny nucleus? Histones are a ...

This was the unequivocal view of Nathaniel Bacon, a young, wealthy Englishman who had recently settled in the backcountry of Virginia. The opinion that all Indians were enemies was also shared by ...

Guess what? You don’t have to give up your bacon and eggs when you’re dieting – just slightly change the way you cook it. Choose good lean back bacon and partner it with poached eggs for ...

Cooking bacon might seem straightforward, but too often it turns out burnt and bone-dry. The most common ways to cook this staple ingredient seem to be in a frying pan with oil, in the oven or ...

Kevin Brouillard is a contributing writer at Travel + Leisure, specializing in outdoor gear and apparel. He has over five years of experience writing travel and lifestyle content for digital ...

Companies such as Ecovative have pioneered growing mycelium for use in food, leather-like textiles and packaging materials, while MycoWorks transforms humble ingredients like sawdust, bran ...

A quick and easy one-pot pasta for all the family. Served sprinkled with parmesan cheese. Never have simple ingredients cooked quickly tasted so good. Each serving provides 416 kcal, 22g protein ...

Unlike a frittata, a quiche is a French savory short-crust pastry tart with a rich egg filling that typically includes cheese, vegetables, small pieces of meat like bacon or lardons, and milk or ...