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From baked beans to barbecue, treasured trade secrets benevolently guarantee a monopoly on happy holiday gatherings. But some carefully guarded recipes are not so benign. A recent inquiry suggests the brew used during natural gas drilling may be poisoning water nationwide.

By Kamna Arora May 18, 1974 – Indiastuns the world by carrying out its first nuclear weapons test. May 11, 1998 – The international community is shaken again as India conducts three underground nuclear tests. May 13, 1998 – Barely two days later, India conducts two more nuclear tests.

A road construction barrier falls over: The car driver can’t avoid it, since there are cars on the lane next to him. In future, a new software program will enable cars to coordinate maneuvers together in dangerous situations.

Our Favorite Titles The File: A Personal History by Timothy Garton Ash Timothy Garton Ash’s “The File” is a journey into the author’s two-inch-thick Stasi intelligence file that the East German police accumulated on him during his study as a graduate student in East Berlin.

If you are a thoughtful citizen such as I am you will have noticed the lack of rubbish receptacles in the lovely London. This is mainly due to the scare of bombing terrorists leaving their deadly trash and destroying people and places. Well, London will be the first city to test out new bomb-proof bins.

Smart Lid: The Intelligent Toilet Seat in: Breakthrough Thinking, Great New Product, Science & Technology News, business Featured Invention at the Colorado Inventor Showcase   WHO LEFT THE TOILET SEAT UP? - If you share your bathroom with a woman (or you are a woman), you know the unspeakable horror of what we’re talking about.

IC3 Intelligent Cutlery System in: Breakthrough Thinking, Great New Product, Health & Fitness, Science & Technology News  IC3 Fork One of the problems with dieting, is juggling all of those fat, calorie, and portion size numbers.

The BPA and plastic issue…it’s too much. The information is right in front of our faces and we still have a ruling from the FDA backing it, despite the flawed reports. The Smart Mama just wrote a post all about the FDA and whether science and the facts are for sale. Eye brow raising and [...]

I cringe every time I’m called an expert. I know a little bit about how to coach girl’s hockey, I know how to make graduate students cry, I know a few other things involving chocolate. I’m amazed at what I don’t know about food and food safety. But we’re all experts cause we all eat.

Simply installing toilets where needed throughout the world and ensuring safe water supplies would do more to end crippling poverty and improve world health than any other possible measure, according to an analysis released today by the United Nations University.