You bite into a piece of candy and find a cricket leg. Eewwww. Or notice that raisin in a bowl of cereal has legs and wings. Bam, down the disposal it goes. Such filth in foods is supposedly illegal, but the Food and Drug Administration’s actual tolerance is far from zero. FDA rules allow up […]
With nearly 300 planets now known beyond the solar system, astronomers are honing their hunting skills, trying to determine which stars are most likely to harbor planets that resemble Earth. A four-year study of 400 stars, most of them similar to the sun, have yielded what astronomers are calling a “remarkable” and unprecedented statistic. As
A swimsuit, bathing suit or swimming costume is an item of clothing designed to be worn for swimming. In New Zealand English and some areas of Australian English, swimsuits are usually called togs. This term is less common in other parts of the Commonwealth where it can also refer to clothes in general. Swimsuits can
Australian scientists believe they may have discovered how to help people lose weight without cutting back on food. Researchers in Melbourne found that by manipulating fat cells in mice they were able to speed up metabolism. After removing a particular enzyme, scientists found the mice were able to eat the same amount as others but
LCD monitor is rapidly becoming shipped with new computers by default, and are superior to the old CRT screens for the majority of applications. Although liquid crystal displays boast perfect image geometry and should be perfectly sharp, in reality they still have various shortcomings. Viewing-angle dependancies, poor blacks and motion-blur are still issues, particularly for