Do we really want to know what’s in a Twinkie? Reading this article about Steve Ettlinger’s book Twinkie, Deconstructed made me never want to consume one ever again. So, if you’re totally in love with Twinkies, avoid this Friday Science entry. Let’s start with the creamy filling. The main ingredients are pretty standard. You’ve got
On our last day of vacation, Chris and I stopped in Hot Springs, Arkansas to have a bath at one of their many famous bathhouses. I have never done a bathhouse experience before, so I didnât really know what to expect. We went to a place called the Buckstaff Bathhouse, which turned out to be
Chris and I havenât been on a vacation together alone in almost three years. We decided that this year we would actually go be tourists somewhere for our anniversary. We had been talking about going to William J. Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas, ever since it opened. So, Friday morning, we dropped Hooper
During the beginning of my freshman year at USAO I met a guy. I really really really liked him and followed him around like a love sick puppy. Itâs slightly embarrassing now to think of it. For a while I thought this guy liked me too. He invited me out for ice cream all the
An international team of scientists has recently confirmed an unproven theory that sunlight can effect the rotation of asteroids. It seems that sunlight can cause asteroids to spin quickly. It’s called the YORP effect, named after the four scientists (Yarkovsky-O’Keefe-Radzievskii-Paddack) who inspired the theory. The YORP effect is based on a theory that the Sun’s
Remember how they explained spontaneous sex change in Jurassic Park? It had something to do with environment and population ratios and pixy dust. Well a recent study by a lab in Sweden suggests that certain environmental pollutants can cause male frogs to turn into female frogs. The research group exposed two species of frogs to
I finally finished them! I know we have at least one more freeze in us before its offically Spring. I’ll get to wear them once or twice before they get packed away for the summer. And look! They’re convertable. It makes it easier to flip people off.
