The original mistletoe, Viscum album, (different from the ornamental North American version) got its name from the Anglo-Saxon word 鈥渕istel鈥� for 鈥渄ung鈥� and 鈥渢an鈥� for 鈥渢wig.鈥� Dung-on-a twig really...
Everyone (well, almost everyone) knows that James Bond liked his martinis 鈥渟haken and not stirred.鈥� The science behind this strange request was examined in a study published in the British Medical...
The orange juice market is huge. 聽Unfortunately some processors try to cut corners by extending the juice with sugar, pulpwash and water. 聽But the ruse can be detected by some clever science. ...
Researchers from the University of Maastricht have proposed a new solution for the obesity epidemic. Instead of changing lifestyle habits or restricting calories, Dutch researchers suggest 鈥渕ild...
Are you ready for purple ketchup? What about purple pizzas? Scientists in Britain have recently developed a new type of genetically modified tomato enriched with anthocyanin, the pigment also found...
Sperm whales produce a black, smelly substance called ambergris which changes to a pleasant smell when exposed to air.聽It is rare and expensive but is used as a base in some perfumes.聽Ambergris...
