The Oxford Dictionaries named "Vape" 2014's Word of the Year. Oxford defines the verb as "to inhale and exhale the vapour produced by an electronic cigarette or similar device." It was added to the dictionary in August. Vape can also be used as a noun for the e-cigarette and for the act of inhaling itself. How does vaping differ from traditional smoking? E-cigarettes differ from traditional cigarettes in that they do not contain carcinogens such as arsenic and vinyl chloride. Additionally, ... [more]
The Cooking Lab: Recipes, Photography, & Copious Amounts of Mad Science…
How BIG is Your Cook Book... Does it Have a Food Sciences Section? Welcome to The Cooking Lab, home to Modernist Cuisine. Explore the space where the team does its research, recipe development, photography, and copious amounts of mad science. Modernist Cuisine is an inter-disciplinary team in Bellevue, Washington, founded and led by Nathan Myhrvold. The group includes scientists, research and development chefs, and a full editorial department—all dedicated to advancing the state of culinary ... [more]
Watch For Falling ROCKS!
Asteroid 2004 BL86 to 'narrowly' miss Earth Monday Amateur stargazers will have a once-in-a-decade opportunity to see an asteroid 550 metres wide “narrowly” miss Earth on Jan 26. The space rock, code-named 2004 BL86, is expected to reach a point about 1.2 million kilometres from our planet, or three times the distance to the Moon. Although easily far enough away to be safe, the flyby – at an estimated 56,000 kilometres per hour – counts as a close shave in astronomical terms. It will be ... [more]
Which is More Insidious to Your Health… Cocaine or Sugar?
Cocaine is what it is and it doesn't usually pretend or hide itself. Sugar is hidden in somewhat harmless places, such as ketchup (that young kids seem to like to put on everything... which of course already had sugar in it!) and then form lifelong addictions :( Of all the foods consumed today, refined sugar is considered to be one of the most harmful.... In 1997 Americans devoured 7.3 billion pounds of candy. Americans spent an estimated $23.1 billion dollars on candy and gum and its only ... [more]
‘Curate’ Your Own Book & Get It Published in Just a Few Clicks!
Here's where you can find out more about putting together your own Curated selection on Wikipedia topics (like Pirates of the Caribbean) Wikipedia Books are stories or topics that you compile and Publish + you get to have your own name featured as the author :) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Enwp_screencast4.theora.ogv Looks pretty simple... and not very expensive! Imagine how you can impress you family and friends... "Yeah, I wrote a few books in my spare time ... [more]