YT: Bill describes how the minimization of surface area and inertia compete to form droplets. He then shows how engineers use this knowledge to create precisely-sized droplets in a commercial inkjet printer... continue reading
posted by Fantomas 5 years 6 months ago • 733 views • 5:52Videos (112) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
Nestle, the world’s largest food and beverage company, bottles Michigan’s water for next to nothing and sells it at great profit. And the state has just approved its request to pump even more, despite... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 7 months 1 week ago • 776 views • 12:07From Youtube, "Is it possible that butter dry aged steak can be better than a real dry aged steak? Today I am dry aging one whole rib roast for 60 days, one half was in butter and the half other is the... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 5 years 9 months ago • 241 views • 12:58The wet season started and so fire related projects are harder to do. So I planted this years crop of yams using a different technique. The stones covering the mounds protect the yams from predators such... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 10 months 1 week ago • 470 views • 6:48The nutrient content of food is declining. Is it because of soil depletion, selective breeding, or... something else?
posted by nanrod 6 years 3 months ago • 580 views • 7:30Stupid brain ... YouTube: Scientists think that evolution may not have prepared our brains for donuts, and an international research team has found out that some of earth’s oldest, largest trees are... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 5 months 1 week ago • 436 views • 5:59rarre was an 18th-century French peasant who could eat a quarter of a cow carcass in a single day, among other things.
posted by Ashenkase 6 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 123 views • 7:49"Birds of prey fight over feeding spots and food."
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 6 years 8 months ago • 381 views • 3:46YouTube description: In which John discusses the quality of 18th century French bread and the nearness of history. The books that most inspired this video are Cuisine and Culture by Linda Civitello... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 472 views • 3:23At this time of year we have to start being extra watchful – our lambs are vulnerable to attack from this silent killer.. Not everyone is going to agree with this thesis – but I’ve been rescuing... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 1,496 views • 3:32YouTube description: You don’t have to go vegan to fight climate change. Research shows that small changes to our diets can make big differences. (H/T @eric3579)... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 275 views • 5:40"Have you ever wondered how much food your stomach can hold? Turns out, it’s not a simple answer. Also, your brain and stomach are ALWAYS talking..." From http://www.popsci.com/eat-stomach-explode... continue reading
posted by ant 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 17 views • 3:39Adam expalins why dates on foods mean different things and that most foods are perfectly safe well after expiration or sell by dates.
posted by nanrod 7 years ago • 603 views • 4:32Terry Crews has more strength in one bicep than most humans have in their entire being. But how is he with spicy food? Find out as the Brooklyn Nine-Nine star enters the Hot Ones terrordome and goes beastmode... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 500 views • 21:54YT: The National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, sells Standard Reference Materials, or SRMs for short. They're analysed, quantified, and certified substances: everything from metals, to elements,... continue reading
posted by Fantomas 7 years 2 months 4 weeks ago • 474 views • 4:13There's a rather unknown community of Chinese-Americans who've lived in the Mississippi Delta for more than a hundred years. They played an important role in the segregated South in the middle of the 20th... continue reading
posted by Ashenkase 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 983 views • 8:21