By Mark Prince / 08.17.2017 Coffee Specialist, Lecturer, and Educator I know the title is confusing, so let’s end that right way: this article is going to take a brief look at applying smoke to an iced coffee beverage. For years now, many of the world’s top bartenders have been playing around with a device[…]
The Growroom exhibited at Copenhagen Opera House. Photo by Alona Vibe From Space10 / 02.14.2017 Introduction The design for The Growroom, an urban farm pavilion that looks into how cities can feed themselves through food producing architecture, is now open source and available for anyone to use. SPACE10 envision a future, where we grow our own[…]
Photo Public Domain By Dr. James P. Higham / 02.06.2018 Associate Professor of Anthropology New York University Most mammals rely on scent rather than sight. Look at a dog’s eyes, for example: they’re usually on the sides of its face, not close together and forward-facing like ours. Having eyes on the side is good for[…]
The basic chemistry of hair dyes has changed little over the last century, but what do we know about the risks of colouring our hair, and why do we do it? By Dr. Rebeccua Guenard / 12.16.2014 Chemist Every two months Barclay Cunningham goes through a process that begins with taking an antihistamine tablet. After[…]
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, The Grand Odalisque, 1814, oil on canvas (Louvre, Paris) By Dr. Nancy Demerdash / 06.02.2015 Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History Wells College The origins of Orientalism Snake charmers, carpet vendors, and veiled women may conjure up ideas of the Middle East, North Africa, and West Asia, but they are also partially indebted to Orientalist fantasies. To[…]
Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 02.23.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief 1 – The Mythical Period 1.1 – Introduction 1.1.1 – Overview Early prehistoric China is called the “Mythical Period.” It encompassed the legends of Pangu, and the rule of the Three Sovereigns, and the Five Emperors. The period ended when the last Emperor, Shun, left[…]