Does it really take a learned university lab study to demonstrate that chip dips are fattening? I suspect Penn State researchers who undertook the study we’re looking at today were more interested in revealing underlying causes…Read More →
We’ve covered – in some notable detail – the origins and ‘little known facts’ surrounding the genesis and rise of soda giant Coca Cola. Now it’s time to take a look behind the red, white and blue label. And reveal how Pepsi got its name…Read More →
There are 41 officially recognized types of cancer. GenXers and Millennials have been found to suffer significantly higher risk of 17 of them. And cancer rates continue to rise in successively younger generations. The reasons why remain unclear…Read More →
There’s another angle to climate change I hadn’t seen coming. Not only are some of our favourite fish species and seafoods facing extinction due to warming seas. All seafoods may be getting riskier to eat due to bacterial proliferation…Read More →
The Bell has not been saying much about it’s early tests of their AI technology. Perhaps be-cause its competitors have suffered embar-rassing publicity after less-than-successful rollouts. But the Bell insists, innovation is ‘in its DNA’…Read More →
A recent kerfuffle here in my town has raised broader questions about the viability of the concept of urban gardening. I’ll admit, I had not considered the potential drawbacks of growing our own food on city ‘homesteads’. It’s a contentious issue…Read More →
Who doesn’t love Tiramisu? Silly question, right? But who among us knew it was such a new thing? I’ll explain in a moment. We are here today to pay our respects to the inventor of Tiramisu. Roberto ‘Loli’ Linguaotto passed away last week at the age of 81…Read More →
Sounds pretty nutty. And the minority opinion on the Ohio Supreme Court case decision call-ed it worse than that. But the state’s top judi-cial body has ruled 4-3 that ‘boneless’ chicken products can’t be assumed by consumers to be free of bones…Read More →