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Can placing an avocado seed in guacamole prevent discolouration?

20 Mar 2017

Whether you're a guacamole lover or not, everyone knows that the beautiful enticing green colour of fresh guacamole can quickly turn to a dismal unappetizing brown. Perhaps the reason that...

Wasabi does more than simply add heat to sushi

20 Mar 2017

Wasabi has antimicrobial properties which may have safeguarded Japanese sushi eaters over the years. Specifically, 鈥6-methylsulfinylhexyl isothiocyanate鈥 has been identified in wasabi as an anti...

Can You Live Without a Brain?

20 Mar 2017

The neurologist at the University of Marseille followed the obvious course of action. His 44 year old patient had complained of a weakness in his left leg so he sent him for a brain scan. When the...

What is Huffing?

20 Mar 2017

According to new data obtained by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, the use of inhalants is on the rise. The number of grade eight student users has jumped by eighteen percent; and the...

What is Craniosacral Therapy?

20 Mar 2017

"You should have your head examined!" We've all heard that expression at some time after expressing some thought that was perceived as being ridiculous. Of course this is not meant to be taken...

Is 鈥淎irborne鈥 effective against the common cold?

20 Mar 2017

You can鈥檛 keep a good quack down for long. They keep resurfacing with irritating frequency. Victoria Knight-McDowell certainly doesn鈥檛 look like a quack. She looks like a pretty elementary school...

What is "Bordeaux Mixture?"

20 Mar 2017

It isn鈥檛 a blend of wines from the Bordeaux region of France to sell to undiscerning customers. Bordeaux mixture is a fungicide made of copper sulphate and calcium hydroxide, the latter better...

What makes a stink bomb stink?

20 Mar 2017

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...

What is all the talk about 鈥淧aradox Blanc?鈥

20 Mar 2017

If you take a look at all the literature put out by the French wine industry, you'll start to wonder whether you should replace wine drinking by intravenous infusions of red wine. They make a case...

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