Here is what I am reading today: the science of chocolate ““There is a kind of alchemy in the transformation of base chocolate into this wise fool’s-gold, a layman’s magic that even my mother might have relished… The mingled scents of chocolate, vanilla, heated copper, and cinnamon are intoxicating, powerfully Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: muscular dystrophy and stem cell debate “There is no cure for the group of hereditary muscle-wasting diseases known as muscular dystrophy. That is particularly alarming because one of its commonest forms — type 1 myotonic dystrophy — becomes more serious as it passes Read more…
it’s all in the eyes “We all know that smiling faces sometimes tell lies, even without the Motown song there to remind us. But now there’s proof that those fake smiles may not be worth as much as the genuine article.” food dye and hyperactivity The dyes used to colour Read more…
Here is what i am reading today: better than the REAL thing: the artificial leaf “Speaking at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in California, MIT professor Daniel Nocera claims to have created an artificial leaf, made from stable and inexpensive materials, which mimics nature’s photosynthesis process.” hidden Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: music and why it moves us “Researchers at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) of the University of Amsterdam have discovered a universal property of musical scales. Until now it was assumed that the only thing scales throughout the world have Read more…