North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is getting federal funding for a sweet cause. N.C. A&T and associate professor Roberta Claro de Silva have been awarded a grant from the U.S.

In October of 1671, French aristocrat Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, penned a note to her daughter: “I have reconciled myself to chocolate,” she wrote. “I took it the day before ...

It’s rare to find a food that is both universally loved and occasionally vindicated by science. But every now and then, chocolate earns a reprieve from the guilt-laden reputation it’s carried for ...

Chocolate has been around since about 1400 BC. According to Smithsonian Magazine, it’s been used in rituals by the Aztecs and Mayans, valued by kings and queens, and enjoyed in countless forms by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers from the University of Nottingham have uncovered how microbes, temperature, and pH combine to shape chocolate ...

NPR's Hannah Chinn and Emily Kwong talk about the microbes behind great-tasting chocolate, possible reasons for daytime drowsiness, and a curious observation about the poop of seabirds. And it is time ...

OK, so you’ve spent the last week stuffing your face with the stuff, so now how about learning about it, too? In this video, the Science Show explains everything you need to know about chocolate. From ...