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If you enjoy cooking as much as math and chemistry, then these Scientific Cutting Boards are for you, nerdo.
Brought to us by Elysium Woodworks, the handmade cutting boards come in a variety of woods and forms of geekery. Need to know the abbreviation for phosphorus while you julienne? Would you like to be able to rattle off the first hundred decimal places of Pi while you dice?
There’s surely a board here to appease the chef and mathematician in you. Or perhaps you just have a bit of OCD?
When forensic science and too much free time come together, stuff like the Crystal Head Vodka Bottle Face happens.
Using a skull-shaped bottle of Crystal Head Vodka and facial approximation, a few forensic scientists show us what a guy with a head full of vodka might look like. Now, I’m no scientist, but it looks pretty accurate to me.
[via Neatorama]
When it comes to eating that burger… You’re doing it all wrong. At least that’s what a few Japanese scientists would have you believe.
In news that should surprise no one who’s been keeping track on Japan — TV show Honma Dekka!? actually enlisted scientists for a four month study on how to properly hold a hamburger. The results… The Japanese eggheads have determined that a good grip with even finger distribution is the way to go.
The reason this consistent grip so important, is that it keeps your burger’s contents from sliding out of the bun. Apparently patties are heavily-lubed in Japan, but far be it from us to argue with science.
[via Kotaku]
Put some cookie dough in the oven, set it to 350°F, and in 10-12 minutes, people will be losing their minds.
But as low-brow as stuffing your face with as many freshly-baked cookies may seem — there’s actually a lot of science involved in the process, as well as why cookies are nearly impossible to resist. Darn you, science!
Please watch this…
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The mystery food item known as the Chicken Nugget has been under investigation ever since we discovered pink slime. Now, nuggets are literally under a microscope.
A few chicken nuggets were sampled from two different fast food chains, and the magnified results are what you might expect. Lots of nuggety goodness, with little trace of anything resembling white meat or nutritional value.
The nugget experiment was conducted by Richard D. deShazo, MD, and Steven Bigler, MD — which they’ve published to the American Journal of Medicine.
[via Gizmodo]