food and health

Last week, I found out about the Tumblr blog F No, Chemical Free with images of products that supposedly contain no chemicals at all.It reminded me of a story from …

Abstract I made instant mocha at work and am now writing a silly blog post about it. Introduction In this 24-hour economy, the modern workforce has little time to consume …

Playing with Google Trends is a favourite pastime of geeks. You can look at searches that are more popular in certain locations compared to others, and you compare the popularity …

I squeezed my way into the Friday Fermentable Science Online 09 edition. Abel Pharmboy would like it to be liveblogged. I’m not much of a liveblogger, but for him it’s …

So, Nalgene drinking bottle contain Bisphenol A (BPA), and Bisphenol A is about to be banned in Canada from baby bottles etc. But forget the water bottles: if you work …

The three gifts that were supposedly given to Jesus by three wise men at his birth always mystified me as a kid. Gold I understood – that’s like giving money …