There is a best way – mathematically– to pour your second cup of coffee, says a study called Recursive Binary Sequences of Differences that will appeal to anyone who is truly pernickety about their beverages. But no one realised it until the year 2001, when Robert M Richman published his simple recipe in the journal […]
Month: July 2010
Reducing Vulnerability to Ecstasy
A US government document about the so-called “RAVE” act: Reducing Americans’ Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act of 2002 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session on H.R. 5519, October 10, 2002.
What is a Grand Ph.D?
What is a Grand Ph.D? Not many people have one. Not many people have even heard of it. Alexey Stakhov (pictured here) has one. His web site says he is a Grand PhD in Computer Science, a Professor, and President of the International Club of the Golden Section. The little-known, delightfully shadowy World Information Distributed […]
The virtues of bread & saliva
Saliva as a food ingredient is not an entirely new concept. (See the item here on saliva noodles.) For an earlier take, sample Nicholas Robinson’s book TREATISE ON THE VIRTUES and EFFICACY OF A CRUST of BREAD, Eat early in a Morning Fasting: To which are added, Some particular REMARKS concerning CURES accomplished by the […]