In the world of corn tortillas, a fierce debate rages: Is it okay to make them from pre-made corn flour, or do you need to go all the way back to dried corn kernels to make truly "from scratch" tortillas?
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The loss of a capsule of caesium-137, measuring 6mm by 8mm, dominated the news late last month. The capsule was found in the Western Australian outback on February 1, but in terms of losing radioactive material, we have been ...
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Whether it is enjoyed as creamy milk chocolate truffles, baked in a devilishly dark chocolate cake or even poured as hot cocoa, Americans on average consume almost 20 pounds (9 kilograms) of chocolate in a year. People have ...
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There are somewhere between 20 and 74,963 forms of ice because water can do all kinds of weird stuff when it freezes.
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Jan 20, 2023
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Ethylene glycol is the most common ingredient in automotive antifreeze. But for years, it was used in deadly poisonings.
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Dec 27, 2022
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The pavlova is a summer icon; just a few simple ingredients can be transformed into a beautifully flavored and textured dessert.
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Dec 22, 2022
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Carrying out scientific experiments in space allows scientists to study and make drugs without gravity, which can lead to surprising results that improve research back on Earth. According to a cover story in Chemical & Engineering ...
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Nov 17, 2022
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Sugar-free gummies are delicious, low on calories and … technically laxatives?
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Nov 14, 2022
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Could the future of data storage be DNA? It's the original format after all, storing the information needed to build every living thing.
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Nov 1, 2022
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"All kinds of crazy things" is how Carolyn Bertozzi, a 2022 Nobel laureate, describes her life's work. Actually performing "chemistry in cells and in people."
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