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Since time immemorial, humans have used salt as a preservative. In fact, preserving foods with salt goes back further than written records. Our ancestors salted meat, fish, vegetables and even fruits ...

Table salt, kosher salt, finishing salt: The choice can be confusing, but we offer a little explanation and advice. By Melissa Clark Reporting from Aigues-Mortes, France; Maldon, England; and Portland ...

Unconventional methods for desalination could create more drinking water, help many industries to deal with problematic brines and increase lithium supplies for batteries. People have been separating ...