A technical paper about growing hair follicles in a laboratory was reported this week as a discovery of a baldness cure in the fryers at McDonald's. "Japanese scientists say eating McDonald's fries could cure baldness," Australia's 9 News reports. No. No they do not.

How drastically have new advances in science changed what we know about nutrition? This week, just a little. We're looking at three studies on potatoes, coconut oil and vegetarian diets.

McDonald's is redesigning some of its classic menu items with new fast food mashups. For a limited time, you will be able to buy Cheeseburger flavoured fries. In addition, the Chicken Big Mac has become an official part of the menu. That's today's lunch sorted, then.

You've just acquired some salty strands of golden happiness from your favourite burger joint. Here's how you get them home crispy and not soggy.

Today, McDonald's opened the doors to a new concept store in Glebe that serves nothing but French fries -- completely free of charge. The appropriately named "Fries With That" is being billed as the world's first Macca's "Fries Eatery". Customers can choose from a range of unique gourmet toppings ranging from Pesto & Parmesan to Chipotle Cheese Sauce. Here are the details.

McDonald's is launching a new-look restaurant in the US that boasts an all-you-can-eat fries bar. Intriguingly, the restaurant takes most of its cues from McDonald's Australia, including touch screen kiosks, table service and Create Your Taste burgers. Could a self-serve fries bar be coming to Australia too?

As a salt and vinegar/anything pickled super fan, I am always looking for new ways to incorporate the holy combination of acetic acid and sodium chloride into my diet, so you can imagine my glee when Bon Appetit recommended I pickle french fries.

It has become something of a Lifehacker tradition to sample unique McDonald's food items whenever we travel abroad. From the "McLobster" in Canada to the Parmigiano cheese bar in Italy, there's certainly been a lot of weird stuff to choose from. As you'd expect, McDonald's in the UK serves more traditional fare -- with the exception of a bizarre alternative to fries called Crisscuts. Here's what they tasted like.