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Medieval Cookery
Recipes and resources for cooking dishes from the Middle Ages. Includes menus and photos, a period ingredients database, recommended books, a full-text search of medieval cookbooks, and related resources. Features recipes for meat and vegetable dishes, sauces, spice mixes, and desserts. From an enthusiast who has prepared medieval feasts for events. Fuel Savings Is a Gas
Direct natural-gas injection boosts fuel economy for CNG and diesel vehicles. Plus:What's the best way to take MP3s on the road? From the Wired News blog Autopia. Broadcast Video From Your Mobile
You're carrying around a video camera in your pocket (it's that thing attached to your mobile phone) so be prepared and learn how to start streaming video to the web at a moment's notice.
 Taking It All In: Documenting Chemical Pollution in Californians Throu
Results of a study to measure chemical pollutants in 11 Californians through biomonitoring analysis of blood, hair, and urine samples; the purpose was to detect chemicals "commonly found in plastic water bottles, non-stick cookware and other consumer products."Participants in the study included actor Peter Coyote and U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi. From Commonweal, a nonprofit health and environmental research institute in Bolinas, California. Opens directly into a PDF file. Lung-sparing Treatment For Cancer Proving Effective
Indiana University School of Medicine researchers report that patients with early stage non-small cell lung cancer responded well to high doses of radiation administered through extracranial stereotactic body radiation therapy, a lung-sparing procedure. Picking The Perfect Ear Of Corn -- For More Than 6,000 Years
Those ears of sweet, crisp corn that are such a familiar part of summertime picnics haven't always looked or tasted that way. Rather, this staple veggie--and its genes--have been tweaked over time by thousands of generations of humans hoping to harvest a better crop. Now, an Agricultural Research Service geneticist and his colleagues from across the country have discovered what impact all those years of preferential planting have had on corn's genetic makeup. Eating Licorice In Pregnancy May Affect A Child's IQ And Behavior
Expectant mothers who eat excessive quantities of licorice during pregnancy could adversely affect their child's intelligence and behavior, a study has shown. A study of 8-year-old children whose mothers ate large amounts of licorice when pregnant found they did not perform as well as other youngsters in cognitive tests. Slow Chip Stifles iPhone 3GS Upload Speeds
Apple was proud to mention the iPhone 3GS is compatible of faster download rates (7.2Mbps). But a teardown reveals its upstream chip, for uploads, is dated and slow. An analyst and a wireless expert explain their theories for why Apple opted to do this.
 New Test Predicts Blood Cancer's Sensitivity To Experimental Cancer Dr
A test developed by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists is the first to identify which malignant blood cells are highly vulnerable to a promising type of experimental drugs that unleash pent-up "cell suicide"factors to destroy the cancer. Long-term Tobacco Use Associated With Dulled Thinking And Lower IQ, St
Smokers often say that smoking a cigarette helps them concentrate and feel more alert. But years of tobacco use may have the opposite effect, dimming the speed and accuracy of a person's thinking ability and bringing down their IQ, according to a new study.
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