India, Nov. 2 -- If mass-produced sunscreen is less than a century old, part of the reason boils down to class. Key inventions tend to benefit those in power, and through most of settled history, the ... Read More
India, Nov. 1 -- Isn't it strange that we've had mass-produced sunscreen for less than a century, though we've been wandering about outdoors for millennia? Part of the reason for this boils down to c... Read More
India, Oct. 17 -- The quest for minty-fresh breath goes back at least 5,000 years. Around 3000 BCE, Ancient Egyptians equated beauty and health with a good set of teeth. They mixed ground-up oxen hoo... Read More
India, Oct. 5 -- We tend to think of the plant kingdom as passive, and the animal kingdom as the aggressive one. The truth is, plants are master strategists. Even the staples on our dinner plates, fro... Read More
India, Oct. 4 -- We tend to think of the plant kingdom as passive, and the animal kingdom as the aggressive one. The truth is, plants are master strategists, chemists, engineers, survivalists and tri... Read More
India, Sept. 6 -- How can a stovetop be smooth, flat, and eternally cool? Induction cooking feels like something out of a sci-fi movie, but the truth is, it has been around for almost a century. The... Read More
India, Aug. 23 -- Quinoa is not a true grain. It is technically a pseudo-cereal. Unlike wheat, rice and barley, which are grains that grown on grasses, quinoa is the seed of a leafy plant of the same... Read More
India, Aug. 10 -- What's the simplest candy to bring to market? The more I dig into this, the more I find that there is no such thing. What about the lollipop, you might ask. It's just sugar syrup, bo... Read More
India, Aug. 9 -- What's the simplest candy to bring to market? The more I dig into this, the more I find that, incredibly, there is no such thing. What about the lollipop, you might ask. It's just su... Read More