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Month: January 2018

Meringue: more fun with egg science

Meringue: more fun with egg science

Another way to cook eggs We’ve discussed one well-known way to cook eggs before. (Repeatedly!, In scientific detail!) As a quick guest post, I thought I’d mention a somewhat more exotic way to cook eggs – meringue. What’s a meringue? In its simplest form, a meringue is simply egg-whites with sugar, whipped into a foam and baked gently until it hardens. The end result can take a range of forms. It can be a squishy, wet foam like the top…

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Fukuchima Daiiachi Berellium-7

Fukuchima Daiiachi Berellium-7

I’ve had the nasty flu that’s been going around so today’s post will be short. Today’s post is about beryllium-7, which is a proxy for measuring radioactive fallout. BERYLLIUM-7 AFTER THE FUKUSHIMA MELTDOWN One day, I started playing with data for airborne radioisotopes before and after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant meltdowns. Why? Because I was sick and tired of looking at faked Fukushima data on the internet. It was and still is fake data that’s designed to scare and…

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Medical Marijuana: Current Scientific Basis 2018 – Part II

Medical Marijuana: Current Scientific Basis 2018 – Part II

This is Part II of a two-part series on medical marijuana. In Part I last week, we surveyed just what the term medical marijuana means. We also looked at why there is a gap between scientific research results and physiological effects of products actually sold as medical marijuana. This week, we will look at the results of actual scientific studies into the drug and health effects of marijuana. I’m not pulling any punches today. I will warn you now that…

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Medical Marijuana: Current Scientific Basis 2018 – Part I

Medical Marijuana: Current Scientific Basis 2018 – Part I

WHAT IS MEDICAL MARIJUANA? That might be a moot question in a place like California, but I don’t live in a blue state. I live in a red state without laws that legalize medical marijuana. Because some of my regular audience lives where I do, we’ll first define some terms and explain some concepts. I find that a lot of conservative-state folks are not familiar with what the medical marijuana thing is really about. This is part one of a…

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