The quest to create affordable, durable and mass-produced ‘smart textiles’ has been given fresh impetus through the use of the wonder material Graphene. An international team of scientists, led by Professor Monica Craciun from the University of Exeter … Discuss
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Slow Cooker Creamy Broccoli Mac and Cheese
The easiest mac and cheese of your life! No boil noodles, no condensed soup! Completely homemade and SO GOOD! It’s a miracle, guys. It’s mac and cheese without any of the fuss! Now this recipe will come in particularly handy during the holidays, especially because it doesn’t take up any oven or stovetop space! I’m...
Gravitational waves: Monster black hole merger detected
Gravitational waves have been picked up from the biggest black hole merger yet detected. Scientists say their laser labs sensed the ripples in space-time emanating from this gargantuan collision on 29 July 2017. The event saw two holes, weighing more … Discuss
chocolate caramel tart
Shortly after my husband and I began dating — the dark ages; no seriously, his phone at the time looked like <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=sony+ericsson+phone+2003&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-wuDV8IvfAhUGTN8KHfZUB3wQ_AUIDigB&biw=1440&bih=777#imgrc=mwjJlvSEaUrOUM:">this</a> and I was like whoa, look how fancy you are, dude — we went on a road trip somewhere, stopped at a gas station, and I told him to grab something candy-ish,...
Spider moms spotted nursing their offspring with milk
On a summer night in 2017, Chen Zhanqi made a curious find in his lab in China’s Yunnan province. In an artificial nest, he spotted a juvenile jumping spider attached to its mother in a way that reminded him of a baby mammal sucking its mother’s teats. On … Discuss