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Mark Schatzker

Latest articles by Mark Schatzker

Explainers
Do fish oil supplements work? Science keeps giving us slippery answers.Do fish oil supplements work? Science keeps giving us slippery answers.
Explainers

Two new studies came to opposite conclusions about preventing heart disease with fish oil. What the heck is going on?

By Mark Schatzker and Richard Bazinet
Culture
Why amateur wine scores are every bit as good as professionals’Why amateur wine scores are every bit as good as professionals’
Culture

If amateurs lacked wine expertise, we would expect to see little or no correlation with professionals. We saw just the opposite.

By Mark Schatzker and Richard Bazinet
Science
Study: diet soda can really mess with your metabolismStudy: diet soda can really mess with your metabolism
Science

New research helps explain why artificial sweeteners are linked to obesity and metabolic disease.

By Mark Schatzker
Science
Tomato flavor is broken. Can it be fixed?Tomato flavor is broken. Can it be fixed?
Science

Scientists say they can use molecular breeding to get us much better tomatoes.

By Mark Schatzker

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