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A new trend in serving cold brew coffee uses science to make it more delicious
Nate Armbrust, a food scientist at Stumptown Coffee Roasters in Portland, Oregon took on a lofty side project in early 2013: He wanted to figure out how to infuse cold brew coffee with tiny bubbles...
View ArticleWatch this extremely sensitive explosive react to the lightest touch
The Royal Institution of Great Britain filmed an experiment with sensitive explosive nitrogen triiodide. The compound is made of three iodine atoms clustered around a single nitrogen atom — which...
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Here's why there's a weird plastic ball in a can of Guinness
Have you ever noticed the clink-clank of a tiny object rattling around the inside of an empty Guinness bottle or can? That little gadget is called a "widget," and you should be thankful for it. It's...
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Here's why there's a weird plastic ball in a can of Guinness
Have you ever noticed the clink-clank of a tiny object rattling around the inside of an empty Guinness bottle or can? That little gadget is called a "widget," and you should be thankful for it. It's...
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Humans changed a life-giving nutrient into a deadly pollutant
Coastal dead zones, global warming, excess algae blooms, acid rain, ocean acidification, smog, impaired drinking water quality, an expanding ozone hole and biodiversity loss. Seemingly diverse...
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Why Starbucks is pumping nitrogen into its coffee
Starbucks welcomed summer by announcing that its stores in seven cities would begin selling the hottest thing in chilled coffee: nitro cold brew. But what actually is nitro brew, and is it really any...
View ArticleElon Musk wants to live on Mars, but this planetary scientist says that's a...
In September 2017, SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk revealed his latest aspirations for colonizing Mars. His plan is to send the first humans to Mars in 2024 to build the foundations for the first Martian city....
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Guinness cans hide a weird plastic ball — here's how it works and why it...
Guinness cans and bottles fizz and bubble when you open them. Plastic devices called widgets blast the stout beer with nitrogen gas to give it a creamy head. In cans, widgets are spherical; in...
View ArticleYou've been pouring your Guinness all wrong
Ordering a Guinness on draft takes longer than most other beers. Part of the reason is the gas used to carbonate it — nitrogen. William Lee, a professor of Industrial Mathematics at the University of...
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Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and other billionaires are betting on a bacteria that...
An energy startup called Pivot Bio raised $70 million for its gene-edited bacteria, which help cut down on the use of nitrogen fertilizer. In addition to using up energy and polluting rivers and...
View ArticleThis is how Dippin' Dots are made
The only Dippin' Dots manufacturing plant in the US is located in Paducah, Kentucky. Every day, they make about 28,000 gallons of Dippin' Dots. All of the ice cream mixes are created in-house and...
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