If it isn鈥檛 illegal, it must be legal. That鈥檚 why benzylpiperazine pills, under names such as Purepillz, Peaq, The Good Stuff, Frenzy and Pure Rush can be sold in Canada. And what are these pills? ...
A time-honoured medical maxim states, 鈥減rimum non nocere.鈥� That鈥檚 the way, 鈥渇irst do no harm鈥� used to be taught in medical school when Latin was still part of the curriculum. Basically it means...
Pineapple, kiwi and papaya all contain proteolytic enzymes, in other words enzymes capable of breaking down protein molecules. And gelatin, the substance that makes Jell-O gel, is a protein....
So I鈥檓 sitting here, staring at a couple of close up pictures of some person鈥檚 eye area. I see crows鈥� feet in both. Are there fewer feet in the bottom picture? Maybe. If I look with a magnifying...
The purveyors of fake wines probably never dreamed that they could be caught by a carbon atom. A special kind of carbon atom. One that in addition to the six protons in its nucleus has eight...
Self-cleaning windows are here, thanks to recent developments in 鈥減hotocatalysis鈥� and 鈥渟uper-hydrophilicity.鈥� Tongue-twisting terms, but well worth exploring. Titanium dioxide is a naturally...
If you buy a chemical-free product, you鈥檙e not getting a good deal. You鈥檙e buying nothing. A vacuum. What鈥檚 a vacuum? A space empty of all matter. And what is matter? Anything that has mass and...
What makes us exchange saliva, sebum, bits of food and millions of bacteria with each other?聽In other words, why do we kiss?聽This is not an innate activity.聽South Pacific islanders, for example,...
Have you ever wondered why tungsten light bulbs develop a black deposit as they age?聽This deposit is metallic tungsten, the same stuff that the filament is made of.聽A lightbulb produces heat and...
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