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LE DERNIER JOUR D’UN CONDAMNE | Animation Short Film 2015 – GOBELINS

Posted on November 12, 2018 by

Synopsis : Camille, une jeune lycéenne, est en pleines révisions. Son sujet: le dernier jour d’un condamné de Victor Hugo. Lassée, elle va chercher à manger dans le réfrigérateur et y trouve un homard vivant… Camille is a young high … Continue reading →

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Cartoonish Bread Faces and Other Wheaty Characters by Sabine Timm

Posted on November 10, 2018 by

Have your kids been complaining about what’s in their lunchbox lately? They must be following Sabine Timm on Instagram. The self-described “artist, creator, beach-trash collector, flea-market lover and photographer” shares a wide variety of work inspired by everyday and found objects. One series … Continue reading →

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The history of chocolate – Deanna Pucciarelli

Posted on November 5, 2018 by

If you can’t imagine life without chocolate, you’re lucky you weren’t born before the 16th century. Until then, chocolate only existed as a bitter, foamy drink in Mesoamerica. So how did we get from a bitter beverage to the chocolate … Continue reading →

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Flavours of Scotland with Paul Lister on Rewilding at Alladale Wilderness Reserve

Posted on November 2, 2018 by

A clip from Flavours of Scotland. It includes filming at Alladale Wilderness Reserve and an interview with Paul Lister on conservation projects at Alladale. For more information go to:www.theeuropeannaturetrust.com/en/Scotland/

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The beneficial bacteria that make delicious food – Erez Garty

Posted on October 23, 2018 by

Where does bread get its fluffiness? Swiss cheese its holes? And what makes vinegar so sour? These foods may taste completely different, but all of these phenomena come from microorganisms chowing down on sugar and belching up some culinary byproducts. … Continue reading →

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Why We Dunk Cookies in Milk

Posted on October 23, 2018 by

Like Romeo & Juliet or Batman & Robin, milk & cookies is a pairing that’s just meant to be. But what makes dunking cookies in milk so satisfying? To find the answer, we turned to science. Scientist, chemistry professor and … Continue reading →

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The Human Restaurant in Tokyo Serves Last Meals of Death Row Inmates

Posted on October 19, 2018 by

Just in time for Halloween, a spooky pop-up restaurant has opened in Kabukicho, known historically as the red-light district of Shinjuku. The Ningen (“human”) Restaurant (人間レストラン) is a fully-functioning eatery that serves the last meals requested by death row inmates … Continue reading →

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New Geometrically-Inspired Pastries, Cakes, and Sweets by Dinara Kasko

Posted on September 11, 2018 by

Dinara Kasko (previously here and here) uses her background as an architect and 3D visualizer to produce geometric cakes that at first glance seem impossible to eat. The mathematically-inspired shapes are digitally constructed with a modeling program, which Kasko then 3D prints … Continue reading →

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Why Do Supermarket Eggs Look Perfect?

Posted on September 2, 2018 by

When chickens lay eggs at a farm, their eggs get examined, tested, graded, and approved before they’re packaged up for us to buy at the supermarket. Is that why they look so perfect? In this clip from Jimmy’s Food Factory, … Continue reading →

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Marla Spivak: Why bees are disappearing

Posted on August 7, 2018 by

Honeybees have thrived for 50 million years, each colony 40 to 50,000 individuals coordinated in amazing harmony. So why, seven years ago, did colonies start dying en masse? Marla Spivak reveals four reasons which are interacting with tragic consequences. This … Continue reading →

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