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Cooking (& shrinking) the modern combat ration

THE ENTRANCE TO the US Army Natick Soldier Systems Center is busy and confusing. My Uber driver and I pulled up to the gate and, based on how much the soldier on duty was shouting at us, we were clearly not doing a great job of navigating that entrance. But after a few phone calls and with the help of our escort for the day, I was finally on my way down the long path to the correct building.

Natick is an army base where the military scientists at the forefront of the development of food systems for all of the armed forces (as well as NASA!) are developing new

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