First up is the 19th century granddaddy of them all: saccharine. Saccharine is about 300 times as sweet as sugar but can impart a bitter or metallic taste to a product, worsening as the concentration of saccharine increases. Its best use is often as one part of a sweetener system made up of two or more artificial sweeteners. Saccharine is best known in the US by the brand name Sweet’N Low, which .. more …
The boxy Kia Soul is still funky-looking and still has dancing hamsters in its award-winning television ads.But for 2012, the youthful Soul is restyled for a more high-tech look, has more powerful, yet more fuel-efficient engines, new six-speed transmissions and more features, including an infotainment system with voice recognition. Kia even offers 18-inch wheels now.This model year, the five-door .. more …
With the energy crisis looming, today’s Caturday video smile focuses on hamster power. You know, those small fuzzy rodents that adults get for their kids as pets . But hamsters are more than pets, they are research subjects and research collaborators, testing nanotechnology designed to capture mechanical “bioenergy” produced by living things as they .. well, live. There are several species of .. more …
Thousands of families left the bubbly at home last night and wrapped up 2011 with First NightColumbus activities Downtown.The city’s annual New Year’s Eve festival started about 5 p.m. and ended with fireworks atmidnight. In between, children unleashed their creative sides at the many arts-and-crafts tablesand blew off some steam in the new oversized hamster balls and laser-tag field at .. more …
The uproar that followed a November episode of Fox’s “Glee” in which two teen couples had sex for the first time may have some scientific legs. New research shows sex during the adolescent years could affect mood and brain development into adulthood.The study, which was carried out on hamsters , reveals how social experiences during adolescence when the brain is still developing can have broad .. more …
Adam Ant Eighties pop star Prince Charming Adam Ant, the goody two-shoes Dandy Highwayman returns to stand and deliver once again. Plus NR One Records festive party, Napalm Death, Bad Manners and The Hamsters.ADAM ANTUEA, December 16It is a statistic which will make those of a certain age cringe, but Adam Ant’s career now spans a remarkable five decades.Best known for the pomp and splendour of .. more …
Dear Santa Claus,I have been very good this year. Please bring me presents. Iwant a puzzle.Thank you, Erika OrtizDear Santa Claus,I have been very good this year. I want toys.Dear Santa Claus,I have been very good this year. Please bring me presents. Iwant a remote control helicopter.Thank you, AngelDear Santa Claus,I have been very good this year. Please bring me presents. Iwant a prinsecess. .. more …
Lee Powell, 50, and Julie Jones, 41, flogged the monkey – wrapped in a towel inside a hamster cage – out of the back of their car for 650 to a woman with no experience of looking after primates. Sheila Lister, 60, from Wolverhampton, had contacted the pair after she saw an advert in her local paper advertising a baby monkey for sale. She told magistrates she and her daughter met up with the pair .. more …
Editor’s note: Andrew Keen is a British-American writer, entrepreneur and professional skeptic about whatever the herd is doing. He is known for his view that internet social culture and web 2.0 trends may be debasing culture — a view vigorously expressed in his 2007 book “The Cult of the Amateur.” His upcoming (June 2012) book “Digital Vertigo” is a defense of privacy and secrecy in our Web 3.0 .. more …
As space producer for Discovery News, and space blogger of seven years, I happily work from home. Therefore, not wearing pants — let alone walking boots — to the office isn’t a problem (or a lawsuit).But when not typing about black holes, playing “Call of Duty” on the Playstation 3 or being entertained by my pet hamster, the Bear Grylles inside me gets itchy feet and wants to ramble, climb and .. more …
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