A sensational sounding e-mail about 鈥渆xploding coffee鈥� has been making the rounds. It describes the misadventures of an unfortunate soul who heated up water for coffee in a microwave oven. When he...
Indeed, the risk of a heart attack or angina is nearly five times higher in the two hours following an anger outburst than at other times, and the risk of stroke is four times higher. Let鈥檚 not get...
The bizarre tenet of homeopathy is that a substance that causes symptoms in a health person can relieve those symptoms in a sick person as long as it is diluted to an extent that contains almost...
Some commercial varieties of salt have small amounts of sodium ferrocyanide added to prevent the caking (or clumping)聽that can occur under聽various conditions. When humidity is high, for example, a...
Enzymes are special protein molecules that speed up chemical reactions. But why should liver contain an enzyme that helps degrade hydrogen peroxide? Because hydrogen peroxide actually forms as a...
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