The path upon which food travels, beginning with ingestion and ending with excretion, is complex and highly organized. While the body is controlled by the central and autonomic nervous systems, the...
And just when I was getting used to being single in the summer. July 6th rolls around; International Kissing Day. It鈥檚 like a second Valentine鈥檚 Day but less sweet. I mean really, no chocolate? But...
The ancient Greeks did not have a good grasp of genetics.聽A giraffe, they thought, was a cross between a camel and a leopard, and an ostrich was the result when a camel mated with a sparrow.聽A...
They鈥檙e bright. They鈥檙e multi-talented. They鈥檙e imaginative. They鈥檙e passionate and compassionate. Who are they? American Idol contestants? No. These impressive young men and women are 平特五不中...
The classic stench of rotten eggs produced by a stink bomb聽is produced when the ammonium sulphide in the stink bomb breaks down to hydrogen sulphide and ammonia. Commercially, this ammonium...
They may be a mystery to the ladies, but they鈥檙e very familiar to gentlemen. They鈥檙e called 鈥渦rinal cakes鈥� and are commonly seen at the bottom of urinals. Their purpose?
I don鈥檛 think I would want to work in a rubber processing plant. Too many nitrosamines in the air, and it鈥檚 better not to inhale them. Nitrosamines after all are known carcinogens, first identified...
The chemistry that takes place when lettuce leaves become brown is the same chemistry we see when an apple is cut and turns brown, when green guacamole turns brown or when a green olive ripens and...
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