Fluorescence is the ability of certain chemicals to give off visible light after absorbing radiation which is not normally visible, such as ultaviolet light. This property has led to a variety of...
Vitamins have a great public image. Even the term itself derives from the Latin 鈥渧ita,鈥� meaning life. And indeed vitamins are essential to life. Our bodies cannot make these nutrients, so we must...
Try asking people what they are more scared of, exposing food to nuclear radiation or eating food contaminated by E. coli, Listeria or Salmonella bacteria. It鈥檚 a safe bet that many would rather...
In Roman times slaves were used to mine salt. It was not a pleasant chore. But today in the Ukraine some people willingly spend several hours a day in a salt mine. They are not there, though, to...
Could there be a better name for a purported aphrodisiac than 鈥淗orny Goat Weed?鈥� Well, it鈥檚 out there, you can find it in health food stores. Whether it really is an aphrodisiac or not is a...
Maca is a cruciferous plant, in the same family as broccoli and cabbage. However, in this case it is the root not the leaves that are eaten. The plant is an unusual one, cultivated only at high...
