Egg Cetera #3: Take thirty Eggs, fifteen whites, beat them well…

In the third report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, Dr Joe Moshenska delves into Sir Kenelm Digby's fantastical and exotic 17th-century recipes and finds an early champion of cooking by science.

Nanotechnology and your views

What are the implications of nanotechnology for the general public? What use is it to them? What are the risks and benefits? These are the types of questions that an online Knowledge Debate hopes to provoke.

Breeding better grasses for food and fuel

Newly discovered family of genes could help us breed grasses with improved properties for food and fuel.

How does your baby grow?

A study of infant growth, tracking 2,400 babies from gestation to the age of two, has provided data of unique depth - and is already adding to our understanding of the development of life-threatening conditions, including obesity. The Cambridge University scientists who led the research now plan to follow the same children through another key phase of development - puberty.

The edible nature of words

A workshop at Cambridge University tomorrow will celebrate the rich and varied relationship between words and food, both metaphorically and literally.

The future of food: your chance to ask the experts

How can we feed the world's expanding population? Should we be using GM technologies more to boost the yield of our crops? How will global warming affect our food resources? If this type of question has ever occurred to you, now is your chance to get some answers, from leading experts in the field.