Where does your food come from?
In response to a new federal food safety law and growing consumer interest, vast amounts of new data are being generated about the complicated path that food takes from field to supermarket shelf.
Continue reading… “New Traceability Rule Represents Major Adjustment for U.S. Food Industry”
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Understanding the way light falls on a subject and what it means for the final product is critical to taking good photos. This clever teaching technique uses an egg to help you hone your eye for good lighting.
Photographer Joe Edelman thinks you need to get back to basics to learn good photography lighting. How back to basics? Prepare to hit up your fridge for an egg and grab a flashlight.
Check out the video above to see how you can studying lighting using nothing more than an egg (or other small egg-like object) and a simple light source. For more photography tips check out the full article about beauty photography and technique at the link after the jump…
Continue reading… “Take Better Photographs by Studying an Egg”
Blobitecture example in Selfridges, Birmingham UK
Yet what is blobitecture? It is a term for an architectural school in which organic shapes are the aim, bulging, cellular, amoeba-like buildings its expression. Although the term did not appear in print until 2002, blob architecture had been used as an expression in architectural circles since the middle of the previous decade. Notably it was the New York Times which first brought it to greater attention, as part of William Safire’s On Language column. (Pics)
Continue reading… “Blobitecture – The Rise of Organic Architecture”
Isn’t this something we always wanted? Here’s a Beer Pong Safety Card for the ultimate in safety when playing a deadly game of Beer Pong…
When spies attempt to infiltrate the ranks of PETA, nothing can be left to chance
“People say New Yorkers can’t get along. Not true. I saw two New Yorkers, complete strangers, sharing a cab. One guy took the tires and the radio; the other guy took the engine.” – – David Letterman
Broken polymer chains reform to repair a crack in this material when it is pressed together and exposed to UV light.
A new polymer material that can repeatedly heal itself at room temperature when exposed to ultraviolet light presents the tantalizing possibility of products that can repair themselves when damaged. Possibilities include self-healing medical implants, cars, or even airplane parts.
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Few areas of science are more controversial than cold fusion, the hypothetical near-room-temperature reaction in which two smaller nuclei join together to form a single larger nucleus while releasing large amounts of energy. In the 1980s, Stanley Pons and Martin Fleishmann claimed to have demonstrated cold fusion – which could potentially provide the world with a cheap, clean energy source – but their experiment could not be reproduced. Since then, all other claims of cold fusion have been illegitimate, and studies have shown that cold fusion is theoretically implausible, causing mainstream science to become highly speculative of the field in general.
Continue reading… “Scientists in Italy Claim to Have Demonstrated Cold Fusion”
Women are more likely to call in sick.
Women are more likely than men to take sick days and are happier to give an embarrassing excuse for taking unplanned leave, according to a new survey.
Continue reading… “Women Are More Likely to Take Sick Days Than Men”
Toylet
A Japanese entertainment company has combined men’s obsession with video games with their perennial inability to aim straight to create a range of distractions in selected Tokyo urinals.
Continue reading… “Toylet – Sega Launches Video Games in Tokyo Urinals”
Chess grand masters use different parts of their brains than amateur palyers.
Professional chess players have long stumped fans with how they make killer moves so swiftly and intuitively , and a Japanese study published on Friday may have unlocked their secret .
Continue reading… “Professional Chess Players Use Hidden Brain Parts”
Literal.ly is a new blog by Nahum who also owns Oddee.
Literal.ly is made around the idea of taking pictures literally. You get an idea what this means if you visit the site. The picture above is called ‘Facebook.’
Here’s a good Boston Globe report on the first decade of Portugal’s bold experiment with drug decriminalization and increased treatment. Ten years ago, Portugal — whose drug problem had been spiraling out of control — decided to treat drug addiction as a public health matter, not as a criminal matter. They decriminalized possession of drugs, and increased treatment available to addicts, and experienced an immediate, dramatic and sustained drop in negative effects from drug use — though the use of some drugs went up…
Continue reading… “Portugal: 10 Years of Decriminalized Drugs”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
Learn More about this exciting program.