algae
This Ridiculously Popular Blue 'Latte' Has No Coffee in It
This bright bright blue coffee drink made from ginger, lemon, agave, blue algae powder, and coconut “mylk.” That would make it vegan, caffeine-free, sugar-free, and thus void of any psychoactive properties.
Why Your Next Meal Might Be Fried with Algae Oil
Just because Thrive Culinary Algae Oil is made from algae doesn’t mean it tastes like pond scum. In fact, it’s about as mild and versatile as a grapeseed oil.
Toxic Algae Blooms Are Ruining California’s Crabbing Season
Times are tough for the oceans and those who love to eat the delicious sea creatures they hold.
The Trippy Social Life of the Worm That Is Also a Plant
How the 'mint-sauce worm' works with algae to live life as fake seaweed.
Towns in Spain Mysteriously Plagued with 'Blood Rain'
Water basins turned blood-red—a chilling, though scientifically explainable, phenomenon.
These Satellite Pics of Baltic Algal Blooms Are Beautiful and Terrifying
A glimpse of the Baltic Sea’s 'dead zones.'
Is Spirulina Furniture the Future of Interior Decor?
Photosynthetic algae decks the halls of a futuristic home concept at the Mattress Factory Museum of Contemporary Art.
Algae Could Help Solve Our Environmental Problems, so Why Aren't We Using It?
The stuff we think of as pond scum could be the secret to fixing food scarcity and fuel security, but not until algae systems are less expensive and more efficient.
The Plan to Turn Toxic Algal Blooms into Energy
How researchers want to turn one of our worst environmental problems into fuel for the future.
What If You Could Detox from Drinking Beer?
Volcanic rocks, hashish, beard hair, oysters—we’re no longer surprised to find that there’s more to our beers than your regular malt, hops and yeast. But what if you could detox while actually drinking your beer?
We Should Be Eating Seaweed by the Bucketload
So nutrient-dense and sustainable it's almost silly, it's high time we started looking to seaweed as a regular food source beyond spirulina pills and the stuff found in store-bought miso soups.
What It’s Like to Run a Coffee Shop During a Water Ban
Over the weekend, the 500,000 residents of Toledo, Ohio were banned from drinking tap water, which was contaminated by a toxin traced to an algae bloom in Lake Erie. Now, local food purveyors are steeling themselves against future water outbreaks.