Tag: wine

The Perfect Way To Cook Fried Rice, According To Science

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Food & Wine Magazine: Fried rice is one of those dishes where the name practically tells you how to make it. But the key to cooking perfect fried rice is in the details: not just the ingredients but also the equipment and technique. Traditionally, the dish is made in a wok with chefs continually…

February birthstone is the amethyst

Are you a February baby? Here’s some cool info about your birthstone, the amethyst. Plus pics! Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/february-birthstone-amethyst…

‘Rocket League’ To Drop Linux and Mac Support

Long-time Slashdot reader Motor writes: Rocket League — a very popular multiplayer game — will no longer “be patched” for Linux and the Mac after March — say the publisher, Psyonix… The publishers say it’s motivated by the need to support unspecified “new technologies”. Thanks Psyonix. The announcement says their final patch “will disable online functionality (such as in-game purchases) for…

Wine 5.0 Released

An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: Wine 5.0 has been released today and contains over 7,400 bug fixes and numerous audio and graphics improvements that will increase performance in gaming on Linux. With the release of Wine 5.0, WineHQ hopes to resolve many of these issues, with the main improvements being: -Builtin modules in PE format: To make games…

Cranberries: More than a holiday side dish

Fun facts about this floating fruit, the blueberry’s bitter cousin. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/lifeform-of-the-week-cranberries-at-their-bitter-best…

‘Sci-fi Makes You Stupid’ Study Refuted by Scientists Behind Original Research

The authors of a 2017 study which found that reading science fiction “makes you stupid” have conducted a follow-up that found that it’s only bad sci-fi that has this effect: a well-written slice of sci-fi will be read just as thoroughly as a literary story. From a report: Two years ago, Washington and Lee University professors Chris Gavaler and Dan Johnson…

Amazing Rainbow Corn | Glass Gem Corn

Beautiful glass gem corn from heirloom seeds!  I never knew corn could be so beautiful! But when I stumbled across this variety of glass gem corn I had to learn more. Glass Gem Corn is a beautiful natural corn variety founded by a man who wanted to get back to his roots. Carl Barnes, Half-Cherokee…Continue Reading
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Birds are stealing boozy palm wine when people aren’t looking

Three species of African birds have taken to stealing palm wine, the fermented sap of an oil palm, from trees that local people have tapped Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2222856-birds-are-stealing-boozy-palm-wine-when-people-arent-looking/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…