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Sylvia Rose
Feb 273 min read
How Salamanders Regenerate Body Parts
Salamanders can regenerate lost body parts like limbs, tail, eyes, heart and brain. Unlike humans, who can heal only minor wounds,...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 263 min read
Compost: Teeming Metropolis of Life & Death
Compost is a complex network of life, such as insects and generations of unseen microorganisms. In this earthy metropolis they busily...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 266 min read
Space Satellites: Mechanics & Materials
Space satellites or artificial satellites orbit Earth sending and receiving data. Many function in navigation (GPS) and global...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 243 min read
Earthworms: Soil Health & Ecosystem Balance
Earthworms are movers and shakers of ecosystems. They're essential for the health and fertility of soil. They provide nutrients to plants...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 245 min read
Irrigation in History: Greening of the Land
Irrigation creates rich agricultural lands from dry barren earth. For thousands of years, people invent and refine ways to move water to...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 245 min read
Gallic Wars: Caesar's Invasion of Germania
Julius Caesar's military campaigns in Germania provoke fierce opposition, strategic alliances and guerilla warfare. Rome conquers most of...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 234 min read
Homo-Fermentation in Lactic Acid Bacteria
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have been used in fermentation and food processing for thousands of years. The two forms of LAB fermentation,...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 232 min read
Hetero-Fermentation in Lactic Acid Bacteria
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have different ways of metabolizing nutrients depending on species. Homo-fermentation produces lactic acid,...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 233 min read
Candida Species: the Good Yeasts
Candida yeasts are prevalent in nature, environment, food, fermentation and human health. Over 200 Candida species are identified, most...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 223 min read
Nucleic Acids: Nature, Environment & Health
Nucleic acids include DNA and RNA. They store, transmit and express genetic information in all living organisms. They define human...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 223 min read
Glutamates: Umami Flavors & Brain Cells
Glutamates enhance flavors like umami, making them invaluable in cuisine. One of the best known forms is monosodium glutamate (MSG),...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 222 min read
Umami the Fifth Taste: Science & Cuisine
Umami comes from the Japanese for "taste," applied to savory flavors. The four basic tastes are sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. Umami is...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 225 min read
Kimchi: Microbes, Acids & Fermentation
Kimchi, a Korean fermented delicacy, is popular throughout the world, made by activity of billions of microbes. Ingredients vary but...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 213 min read
Compost Heat: Microbes & Decomposition
Compost is created by billions of microbes in a natural exothermic process of biological oxidation, generating heat to make rich soil...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 214 min read
Compost: Heart of Sustainable Gardening
Compost is the heart of sustainable gardening. Composting turns scraps into nutritious soil, with help from microbes and other organisms....
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 203 min read
Kazachstania humilis: Friendly Artisan Yeast
Kazachstania humilis ( Candida milleri , Candida humilis ), is familiar in sourdough and other fermentation. Favored by artisan...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 205 min read
Kahm Yeast: the Wild Ones
Kahm yeast is familiar in fermentation. A collective of wild yeasts including Pichia, Kazachstania and Candida spp , it's the...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 194 min read
Vibrio Cholerae: the Cholera Bacteria
Vibrio cholerae is the bacterium responsible for cholera, one of history's most destructive diseases. Cholera is an infection of the...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 194 min read
Bacterial Communication: Autoinducers
Bacteria communicate using autoinducers, or signals. Autoinducers help bacteria coordinate their actions. In quorum sensing they inspire...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 193 min read
Quorum Sensing: Microbial Coordination
Quorum sensing enables microorganisms to communicate effectively. This coordinates behavior among bacterial communities. In quorum...
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