I remember the first time I ever smelled the fragrance of a skunk.聽 I thought someone had let off a stink bomb.聽 You see, even back then I was a lot more familiar with emissions from test tubes...
Chop up and boil some purple cabbage. Take some of the juice, and add a little vinegar. It turns a bright red. Now add some baking soda and watch the juice turn blue. What鈥檚 going on? The color of...
"Genetic engineers develop bovine growth hormone!" Now there's an issue the cartoonists can really milk. Giant cows bursting through the roof of their barns, animals sporting udders from head to...
It isn鈥檛 a pretty fruit. Its skin looks like something that should be on the back of an alligator. It sometimes is actually called the 鈥渁lligator pear.鈥� And it has been shunned by some people...
Asparagus is a wonderful vegetable. Both in taste and in its chemistry. One aspect of its chemistry has been apparent for a long time. A French book on food published in 1702 noted that asparagus...
"It's as smooth as a baby's behind!" That's the ultimate compliment to the skin. Why is a baby's bottom so silky smooth anyway? Because it hasn't been exposed to the sun, that's why! As we age, our...
