• MIT breakthrough in deep learning could help reduce errors

    MIT breakthrough in deep learning could help reduce errors

    Researchers make the case for "deep evidential regression."
  • Zebrafish give new insight to sound sensitivity in autism

    Zebrafish give new insight to sound sensitivity in autism

    These tiny fish are helping scientists understand how the human brain processes sound.
  • The age of airships: The rise, fall, and necessary comeback

    The age of airships: The rise, fall, and necessary comeback

    Large airships were too sensitive to wind gusts and too sluggish to win against aeroplanes. But today, they have a chance to make a spectacular return.
  • Vegans are more likely to suffer broken bones, study finds

    Vegans are more likely to suffer broken bones, study finds

    Vegans and vegetarians often have nutrient deficiencies and lower BMI, which can increase the risk of fractures.
  • Mark Cuban shells out for 20 percent stake in vegan deli

    Mark Cuban shells out for 20 percent stake in vegan deli

    Mark Cuban has seen the future of vegetarian dining — and it comes with spicy mustard, sauerkraut, and a side of greasy potato chips. Last November, the billionaire “Shark Tank” judge shelled
  • Vegan bodega butchers NYC’s meaty classics

    Vegan bodega butchers NYC’s meaty classics

    Vodega in DUMBO tries to replicate “classic” Big Apple bodega dishes using all-vegan ingredients — but the spurious sandwiches and sides wouldn’t fool a dead bodega cat. In the name of “bringing the natural world to your neighborhood,” it substitutes palate thrillers such as jackfruit (often compared with chewing gum) and seitan (don’t ask) for …
  • Vegan bodega now serving meatless takes on classic NYC sandwiches

    Vegan bodega now serving meatless takes on classic NYC sandwiches

    Chopped cheese — hold the cheese. A bodega-inspired vegetarian and vegan sandwich shack has opened in DUMBO, Brooklyn. The 140 Plymouth St. space is the first permanent home for Vodega, which had operated as a pop-up and caterer since April 2019. “We have anything that you’d find at a New York bodega, turned vegan,” Vodega …
  • Plant-based egg startup aims to see profit next year, maybe IPO

    Plant-based egg startup aims to see profit next year, maybe IPO

    As shoppers raise grocery spending due to the COVID-19 pandemic, plant-based egg startup JUST said it aims to turn an operating profit before the end of next year and then will consider an initial public offering. Expectations for an IPO of the company, officially called Eat Just, have been fueled by a boom in demand …
  • Judge tosses vegans’ lawsuit over Burger King’s ‘Impossible Whopper’

    Judge tosses vegans’ lawsuit over Burger King’s ‘Impossible Whopper’

    The vegans who accused Burger King of deceptively marketing its “Impossible Whopper” didn’t put enough meat on their legal claims, a federal judge ruled. The aggrieved diners failed to prove the fast-food giant duped reasonable consumers into thinking its meatless sandwich would be cooked on a different grill than its beef and chicken products, US …
  • Queen’s Brian May says the coronavirus pandemic is meat eaters’ fault

    Queen’s Brian May says the coronavirus pandemic is meat eaters’ fault

    Omnnivores, this is on you. According to Queen guitarist and armchair epidemiologist Brian May, the coronavirus outbreak should be blamed squarely on meat eaters. “This pandemic seemed to come from people eating animals, and it’s becoming more well known that eating animals is not the greatest thing for our health,” the 72-year-old tells NME. “We’ve …