Many athletes regularly smear a black greasy substance known as 鈥渆ye black鈥� underneath their eyes to reduce glare from the sun or stadium lights. Amazingly, this trend was started by the most...
Ali Maow of Somalia has the distinction of being the world鈥檚 last recorded victim of smallpox, a disease he acquired in 1977. 聽For the first time ever, through a program of vaccination and...
Cranberries are commonly associated with Thanksgiving but in early America they played a varied role. Besides the berries serving as food, the plant鈥檚 leaves were commonly used for tea or as a...
A single experiment in 1828 destroyed the theory of Vitalism which held that 鈥渙rganic substances鈥� found in living systems could not be made in the laboratory because they were empowered with a ...
The Old Testament offers up some dietary advice about not mixing milk and meat. Milk provides a hospitable environment for bacteria on meat to multiply, so this does make sense. Religious...
In the Middle Ages much of beer brewing was carried out by monks. Water is a source of many disease causing organisms which cannot survive in alcohol. Trial and error demonstrated that beer...
Health Canada recently issued an advisory about minimizing exposure to borax based on some studies that have found developmental and reproductive problems in animals. This raised questions among...
Asparagus is a wonderful vegetable. Both in taste and in its chemistry. One aspect of its chemistry has been apparent for a long time. A French book on food published in 1702 noted that asparagus...
Studies have shown that red is the colour that attracts attention. Its uses are timeless and endless. Since ancient times, the colour red has been involved in fashion, art, food and cosmetics. But...
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