When someone says “Milky Way,” do you think of the starry pathway across our sky, or of the great pinwheel-shaped galaxy in space? Both are correct! Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/what-is-the-milky-way-galaxy…
Tag: Milk
2700-year-old face cream was made from animal fat and cave ‘milk’
Cream preserved in an ancient bronze jar shows that men in ancient China were using cosmetics 2700 years ago – and it was made using a soft white mineral found in certain caves Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2266855-2700-year-old-face-cream-was-made-from-animal-fat-and-cave-milk/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Tiny worm squirts milk out of its vulva to feed its offspring
The nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans has been used by biologists for decades, but it has been hiding a secret the whole time: it makes milk Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2260637-tiny-worm-squirts-milk-out-of-its-vulva-to-feed-its-offspring/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Tiny worm sacrifices itself to make milk for its hatching offspring
The nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans has been used by biologists for decades, but it has been hiding a secret the whole time: it makes milk Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2260637-tiny-worm-sacrifices-itself-to-make-milk-for-its-hatching-offspring/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Impossible Foods Is Now Developing a Plant-Based Alternative To Cow’s Milk
From a report: There’s a myriad of reasons to replace cow’s milk with alternatives like nut milks, oat milk, or soy milk, but for those who enjoy the experience of consuming animal-sourced dairy products, the alternatives just aren’t the same. So Impossible Foods, makers of the Impossible Burger and other plant-based meat alternatives, are working on another food replacement that looks,…
Microwaving plastic waste can generate clean hydrogen
Chemists have successfully used microwaves to convert plastic bags, milk bottles and other supermarket packaging to a clean source of hydrogen Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2256822-microwaving-plastic-waste-can-generate-clean-hydrogen/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Stone Age people in Ireland had dark skin and were lactose-intolerant
Bone fragments from a mountain chamber in Ireland belonged to Stone Age people, and genetic analysis has revealed they had moderately dark skin and couldn’t digest raw milk Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2256812-stone-age-people-in-ireland-had-dark-skin-and-were-lactose-intolerant/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Researchers Baffled as Warrior Skeletons Reveal Bronze Age Europeans Couldn’t Drink Milk
sciencehabit quotes Science magazine: About 3000 years ago, thousands of warriors fought on the banks of the Tollense river in northern Germany. They wielded weapons of wood, stone, and bronze to deadly effect: Over the past decade, archaeologists have unearthed the skeletal remains of hundreds of people buried in marshy soil. It’s one of the largest prehistoric conflicts ever discovered. Now,…
Do Animals Really Anticipate Earthquakes? Sensors Hint They Do
An anonymous reader quotes Scientific American:
For centuries, people have described unusual animal behavior just ahead of seismic events: dogs barking incessantly, cows halting their milk, toads leaping from ponds… Now researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and the University of Konstanz, both in Germany, along with a multinational team of colleagues, say they have managed to precisely measure…
How To Sell Books in 2020: Put Them Near the Toilet Paper
If you want to sell books during a pandemic, it turns out that one of the best places to do it is within easy reach of eggs, milk and diapers. From a report: When the coronavirus forced the United States into lockdown this spring, stores like Walmart and Target, which were labeled essential, remained open. So when anxious consumers were stocking…