Imagine sailing through a pitch-black ocean night, only to find the waters around you glowing eerily like a vast field of snow. This enchanting phenomenon, known as milky seas or mareel, has both...
As a kid I grew up being told that I had to let food cool down before putting it in the fridge. I was under the notion that placing warm food directly in the refrigerator could cause the other...
The 1993 Academy Award for costume design went to Eiko Ishioka for creating the magnificent costumes in the hit film, 鈥淏ram Stoker鈥檚 Dracula.鈥� Particularly stunning were the dresses worn by Wynona...
Recently, a carpet burn removed the epidermis, the top layer of my skin, of my upper middle finger. It left a large open wound on my hand. Fortunately, I was close to the ocean so I could swim in...
If you have ever been truly disgusted by something you saw, you have experienced feeling sick to your stomach. Revulsion involves the brain, clearly, but somehow it can be felt in our digestive...
The green in American paper bills is chromium oxide, a refined version of chromite, a naturally occurring ore in the Earth鈥檚 crust. This ore is also the source of chromium metal which is produced...
The surefire signs that Spring is just around the corner have started to appear 鈥� trees are budding, flowers beginning to bloom and there鈥檚 more rain than snow. (Full disclosure 鈥� I live in the UK...
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