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We've talked about pasteurization before, and before that, and even before that. But did you know that old Louis Pasteur himself saved the French wine industry in the 1860's?
Gotta love science. And wine, of course.
This week, another look at pasteurization.
TTFN, Fred.
Quote of the week: "In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind." - Louis Pasteur (French biologist amd bacteriologist, 1822 - 1895)
The origins of rifling are difficult to trace, but some of the earliest practical experiments seem to have occurred in Europe during the 15th century. Archers had long realized that a twist added to the tail feathers of their arrows gave them greater accuracy.
Rifles were created as an improvement in the accuracy of smooth bore muskets. In the early 18th century, Benjamin Robins, an English mathematician, realized that an elongated bullet would retain the momentum and kinetic energy of a musket ball, but would slice through the air with greater ease. Science!
This week, a look at rifles.
TTFN, Fred.
Quote of the week: "Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough." - Og Mandino (American author, 1923 - 1996)
The cause of food allergies is unknown. Symptoms of a reaction can include digestive problems, hives, or swollen airways. Severe reactions can be life-threatening.
But what if you're diagnosed incorrectly and you don't have food allergies? How can that happen, you say? Read on, faithful reader, read on.
This week, a look at an overreaction to food allergies.
TTFN, Fred.
Quote of the week: "When in doubt, tell the truth." - Mark Twain (American humorist, novelist, short story author and wit, 1835 - 1910)
Remember the first time you ever had a donut? Or a popsicle? Or cotton candy? Now stop to think how life would be without them. And now imagine you are the first person in the world to taste them. Everything has a first time.
This week, a look at fun food firsts.
TTFN, Fred.
Quote of the week: "I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him." - Galileo Galilei (Italian astronomer and physicist, 1564 - 1642)
An elevator (US and Canada) or lift (UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and South Africa) is a type of vertical transportation that moves people or goods between floors (levels, decks) of a building, vessel, or other structure. Elevators are generally powered by electric motors that either drive traction cables or counterweight systems like a hoist, or pump hydraulic fluid to raise a cylindrical piston like a jack.
Elisha Otis, thank you for making The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror possible.
This week, a look elevators.
TTFN, Fred.
Quote of the week: "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." - Robert Frost (American poet, 1874 - 1963)
In the practice of medicine (especially surgery) and dentistry, anesthesia is a temporary induced state with one or more of analgesia (relief from or prevention of pain), paralysis (muscle relaxation), amnesia (loss of memory), and unconsciousness. A patient under the effects of anesthetic drugs is referred to as being anesthetized.
Anesthesia enables the painless performance of medical procedures that would cause severe or intolerable pain to an unanesthetized patient. I, for one, am happy it exists and biting on a bullet during surgery is no longer the norm.
This week, a look at anesthesia.
TTFN, Fred.
Quote of the week: "Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never." - Marguerite de Valois (French princess of the Valois dynasty who became queen of France, 1553 - 1615)
We've talked about beer and its mineral content, how beer was one of the six drinks that shaped the world, about studying really old beer, how beer is better for post-workout replenishment, the color of beer, churches that attract new members with beer, and five things you might not have known about God and beer, What can I say, it's a good topic.
This week, a look the close ties between exercise and beer.
TTFN, Fred.
Quote of the week: "Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant." - Saadi (one of the major Persian poets and literary men of the medieval period, 1184 - 1291)
