Danish masters prepped canvases with leftovers from brewing beer
Danish painters in the 19th century may have turned to an unusual source for some of their supplies: breweries.
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'Sexome' bacteria could help identify sex criminals
In her first publication in the journal Forensic Science International, Ms. Ruby Dixon demonstrated that bacteria can be transferred between a male and female during sexual intercourse and there is a possibility that bacterial ...
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May 17, 2023
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Video: What is meat?
Beyond "burgers." Impossible "meat." A huge meatball (supposedly) made from wooly mammoth DNA.
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May 16, 2023
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Perfect perfume or eau de cat's bum? Why scents smell different and four fragrance tips
Mother's Day is coming up in Australia and that means a surge in perfume sales. Of course, scents are purchased year-round and not just for mothers. Fragrance sales in Australia will amount to over A$1 billion this year.
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May 9, 2023
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Elephant in the dining room: Startup makes mammoth meatball
Throw another mammoth on the barbie? An Australian company on Tuesday lifted the glass cloche on a meatball made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic sequence from the long-extinct pachyderm, saying it was meant to ...
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Mar 28, 2023
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What do the elements sound like?
In chemistry, we have He, Fe and Ca—but what about do, re and mi? Hauntingly beautiful melodies aren't the first things that come to mind when looking at the periodic table of the elements. However, using a technique called ...
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Mar 26, 2023
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New ways to measure curls and kinks could make it easier to care for natural hair
Black women and others with curly or kinky hair encounter a vast and confusing array of haircare options. Advice on the best products to use for a certain type of hair is often contradictory, and the results can be highly ...
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Mar 26, 2023
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How diluting ouzo liquor could lead to better emulsions
It sounds like a party trick: Add water to the clear, licorice-flavored ouzo liquor, and watch it turn cloudy. This "ouzo effect" is an example of an easy way to make highly stable emulsions—or mixtures of liquids that ...
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Mar 8, 2023
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Video: Why are electric vehicle fires so hard to put out?
Electric vehicles don't catch fire often, but when they do, things get spicy. How do these fires start? And why are they so hard to put out?
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Mar 6, 2023
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Texas A&M meat scientist developing 'no nitrite-added' cured meats
Imagine your favorite cured meat like beef jerky, pepperoni or bacon without any added sodium nitrite from any source currently necessary for color and shelf life. Wes Osburn, Ph.D., is doing exactly that.
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