No amount of seasoning can make a tough chunk of meat appetizing. That’s why a lot of people will use meat tenderizers. These help soften the meat, and make them easier to chew. Meat tenderizers are actually made of special enzymes (called proteolytic enzyomes or proteases) which can break down...
Capers are a key ingredient in Mediterranean and French food. They have been part of Mediterranean cuisine and culture for hundreds of generations. There was even a time when these were used as a kind of currency. Capers are small buds which are harvested from caper bushes before they are ripe,...
A photon is a particle of light. A biophoton is a very faint light emission that is generated by all cells of living things. A plant, an animal and a person can emit as much as 100 photons per second. The light emission is so faint that nobody can see it. However, the light can be picked up by...
Washington DC is most beautiful when the cherry blossom trees are in bloom. The annual cherry blossom festival in 2009 is from March 28 to April 11 and is filled with family-friendly events that honor the cherry trees. April 1-4 are the dates this year that the trees reach their peak blossoming,...
Artificial intelligence has not yet reached a level that allows for a truly autonomous robot, but we have come far in the last 50 years. Robots are in use today, performing duties from vacuuming our floors to building cars, to fighting our wars for us. Only a handful of these machines possess any...
Mold is a type of fungi that grows on plants and fibers which is usually associated with damp, musty areas such as in bathrooms, basements and attics. Molds are species of microscopic fungi and they grow in the form of multicellular filaments. Although there are molds that cause diseases or food...
The term Igorot literally means people from the mountain. The term refers to one of the many ethnic groups scattered in the archipelago of the Philippines are the Igorots. They are the native people who first settled in the mountainous areas of the Cordillera Region in the Central and Northern...
Setton Pistachio announces a voluntary recall of one million pistachios shipped in the US since September 1, 2008. And it is believed that this recall may even be expanded because some processed foods like ice cream or cake mixes could also be contaminated. There have been no reported illnesses,...
Washing soda is often used to remove stains from clothes. However, it is not the same as washing detergent. It is also nothing like baking soda, which is also used to remove stains. (Are you confused yet?) Washing soda is an alkaline with the chemical formula of Na2CO3. It is sometimes called...
15. LHC The chances of the Large Hadron Collider actually producing a miniature black hole—or anything life threatening for that matter—are so small as to be minute. Like, crazy minute. As in, will probably never happen so minute. And even if the LHC does start producing tiny little baby black...
