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Lara Williams

The Japan Times

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Why are my vegan friends going back to meat?

For many, the real meaning of Christmas lies in sharing meals with family and friends. These feasts are often extravagant in style or size (or...

30.12.2024 8

The Japan Times

Lara Williams

No, sanitizing cow burps won’t sour your milk or contaminate your cheese

It perhaps shouldn’t have been a surprise when news of a project to tackle methane emissions by the dairy industry led to a wave of misinformation...

16.12.2024 7

The Japan Times

Lara Williams

Geoengineering can save the planet — if we demystify it

Despite what it may look like on X, a majority of U.S. adults trust what scientists say about the environment. That trust, however, may be shaky....

10.10.2024 2

The Japan Times

Lara Williams

It’s time to embrace a new era of gene-edited food

At first, it seemed like a 28 square-meter plot of Arborio rice in Italy was a symbol of changing attitudes toward genetically engineered food....

20.08.2024 3

The Japan Times

Lara Williams