/oss/taxonomy/term/159/all en /oss/article/did-you-know/did-you-know-science-can-help-us-make-better-pizza-and-better-roasted-potatoes <p>Students from the Edge Hotel School have brought us some <a href="https://theuijunkie.com/edge-school-method-roasted-potatoes/">starchy math </a>that can improve the quality of roasted potatoes the world over.</p> <p>The theory is that maximizing the internal surface area of the tuber will maximize the crispiness and therefore the desirability of roasted potatoes. Most of us cut our potatoes at 90Ëš angles, in half, and then into quarters. These students realized that just by cutting at 30Ëš angles, an increase of up to 65% internal surface area can be achieved!</p> Fri, 15 Mar 2019 16:00:00 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 7648 at /oss /oss/article/videos/right-chemistry-science-fluids <p><div class="media-youtube-video media-element file-default media-youtube-1"> <iframe class="media-youtube-player" id="media-youtube-jkmo2jhnheq" width="640" height="390" title="Dr. Joe Schwarcz on the science of fluids" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/jkMo2JHNhEQ?wmode=opaque&controls=&enablejsapi=1&modestbranding=1&playerapiid=media-youtube-jkmo2jhnheq&origin=https%3A//www.mcgill.ca&rel=0" name="Dr. Joe Schwarcz on the science of fluids" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>Video of Dr. Joe Schwarcz on the science of fluids</iframe> </div> </p> Thu, 02 Aug 2018 20:27:07 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 7205 at /oss /oss/article/did-you-know-technology/how-old-everything <p>Everything has a birthday. It’s the same day, about 13.77 billion years ago. <a href="https://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/uni_age.html">Scientists claim that they are 99% certain</a> that this is the age of our entire universe. But how could they possibly know that?</p> Tue, 22 May 2018 23:28:33 +0000 Cassandra Lee, OSS Intern 7097 at /oss /oss/article/general-science-you-asked/time-conundrum <p><strong>I was fascinated by yesterdays announcement that "old light"
 revealed trace evidence in the background radiation of the earliest
  trillionth of a trillionth (and then some) of a second of the "big bang".
 What I don't grasp is the measurement of the timescale, if we are talking
 about the creation of the most elemental forces, aren't we talking about the
 creation of time itself too? If so how do we establish a time-scale to
  measure what involves-among other things- the creation of the time that we
 are measuring by?</strong></p> Wed, 19 Mar 2014 01:39:07 +0000 Gil Holden PhDc ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Physics Professor 2115 at /oss