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What Do Protons Taste Like?

[…] Our sense of taste is amazing. The way for detect sweet, sour, bitter, salt and savory (umami) flavours is really clever. […]

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The craft chocolate revolution — from bean to bar | Gabe Davidson | TEDxWellington

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. How one chocolate maker got the whole audience to not only understand the issues facing his industry, but also what it taste likes. At the … Continue reading →

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Homemade Chocolate… from Bean to Bar!

I’ve wanted to make chocolate from scratch for ages! In this video, with the help of Phoebe we take some cocoa beans, roast them and attempt to turn them into chocolate bars! We learnt so much doing this and for … Continue reading →

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世界一のチョコレート作り密着!一流ショコラティエの職人技!ココ京都 Making the world’s best chocolate! COCO Kyoto’s chocolatier!

[…] While eating and walking around Kyoto, I found a chocolate shop that looked interesting. Immediately after asking for coverage over the phone, it was safe and OK. COCO KYOTO gathers the finest local ingredients and the best cacao beans … Continue reading →

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Making chocolate is a lot more disgusting than you think

Have you ever wondered how chocolate is made? Alright, let’s go from cacao pod to chocolate bar today on this super-intensive video. I am not going to lie, although this was a lot of fun, it was also a lot … Continue reading →

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Why so many Covid-19 variants are showing up now

And what that tells us about the pandemic. Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Like any virus, SARS-CoV-2 has been mutating constantly since the beginning of the pandemic. Until November of 2020, though, … Continue reading →

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The Longest-Running Evolution Experiment

If you ran evolution all over again, would you get humans? How repeatable is #evolution? This video is sponsored by @BountyBrand. #biology #science #QPU #HygieneBeginswithBounty #BountyPartner Special thanks to Prof. Richard Lenski and team for showing me around the lab … Continue reading →

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Michel Laberge: How synchronized hammer strikes could generate nuclear fusion

Our energy future depends on nuclear fusion, says Michel Laberge. The plasma physicist runs a small company with a big idea for a new type of nuclear reactor that could produce clean, cheap energy. His secret recipe? High speeds, scorching … Continue reading →

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New tech for night lets people see clearly in the dark – ScienceBlog.com

Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have developed new technology that allows people to see clearly in the dark, revolutionising night-vision. The first-of-its-kind thin film, described in a new article published in Advanced Photonics, is ultra-compact and one day could … Continue reading →

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There’s No Such Thing as a Tree

Obviously, there are trees. But speaking phylogenetically, trees aren’t a thing. Some things that are trees evolved from things that are not trees and other things that are trees evolved into things that aren’t trees. Confused? This might clear things up. … Continue reading →

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