Mulberries are often written off as a scrub tree, growing along and in fence lines, out of the side of other trees, and often too close to house foundations. They get in these unlikely and unwanted places because birds feast on the fruit in June and July when it’s ripe, spreading it’s seed wherever they …
As far a microorganisms go, yeast is a good guy. It has long been an ally of humans, perhaps as far back as 5,000 years. Yeast is responsible for initiating a chemical reaction that causes bread dough to rise, giving bread a lighter texture and an improved taste. But 5,000 years ago, when the ancient …
Editor’s note: This post has been updated and broken links removed. Please see our policy on broken hyperlinks for more. It’s that time of year again, and the crops are starting to come in. If you have a garden of your own, or just like to buy things and stock them while they are on sale, you …
There are lots of things you can do with leftover coffee. But, leftover coffee in the labs and offices are a different matter. You don’t exactly have a lot of space to work with, nor an oven. What you likely have is a refrigerator and a desk to work with. Keeping these constraints in mind, …
Grace has been at the yarn again, and this time she created little mini Oreos for the Food Science section of the store. You can use them as appliqués, sew ’em on to stuff, set them out in a dish to torment a dieter, give them to kids for play food, or if you wanted …