I knew someone that used to say that everyone is a disaster tourist. While this is usually a term for someone that likes to travel to sites struck by natural disasters or traumatic events of other sources,

Introduction Candy. Chocolate. Ice cream. Soda. These products are classic examples of food products that have a high sugar content. When something contains sugar what does that mean? Commonly, when people

Our gut contains many microorganisms. On average the weight of the gut microbiome is about 2 kg. That’s 2 kilograms of other species we are carrying with us at all times! To reach this weight there have

Do you remember Dolly the sheep? The first mammal to ever be cloned. If you think a sheep was impressive, researchers in China have now cloned the first monkey, and not just that... They are twins! Meet

Echinacea. Herbal medicine, or pretty flower? This is the video version of my longer post on the supplement Echinacea. Enjoy! Recently from @Altherion Paper discussion #3 - A prevention for cancer? The

When I was visiting family over the winter holidays I noticed that one of them was taking Echinacea as a supplement. Being unfamiliar with Echinacea I asked what it was for and I was told it was to prevent

I while back I started a paper discussion series with the idea of describing the scientific process undertaken by the authors and extracting the message or result they found. This is the third instalment

Plant lice, caterpillars, beetles, scale, and flies terrorize farms and gardens. These herbivorous pests eat the plants and destroy the crop. Thankfully, if you would like to plant a nice balcony garden

Recently I had a day trip with my research group and we visited the farm of the future in The Hague, The Netherlands. At this location, they grow vegetables on the roof of an office building. This rooftop

Did you ever think about how your wastewater is dealt with? Often it goes through a process of filtering and sludge removal until it is clean enough to be drained into a river (Figure 1). In the U.S. it

There is a large variety of micro-organisms and some of them like to eat what we consider contaminants. Common contaminants are oil and petroleum-based products, solvents, and pesticides. The micro-organisms

On the 11th of December, president Trump signed the first space policy space directive of his administration. The directive focuses NASA’s attention on building a space colony. The Russian space agency

This is part 3 of a three-part series, the first and second parts are linked below. Legumes: A comprehensive processing overview – Part 1 Legumes: A comprehensive processing overview – Part 2 This third

This is part 2 of a three-part series, the first part is in the link below. Legumes: A comprehensive processing overview – Part 1 This second part will continue with the physical treatment processes that

Now that uploading on Dtube finally works for me I will also upload all the FoodLabScience videos to Dtube. Here is the latest video I made of Total Daily Energy Expenditure. Hope you will enjoy! What

They take the second place in most important crops worldwide, about 12% - 15% of arable land is used to cultivate them, and they’ve been vital to the human diet for almost 10.000 years. If that was not

Rules are: • Seven black and white images that represent an aspect of your life. • Present one image every day for seven days. • No people. • No explanation. • Nominate someone every day, but anyone can

Can you guess whats under the microscope? Rules are: • Seven black and white images that represent an aspect of your life. • Present one image every day for seven days. • No people. • No explanation. •

Rules are: • Seven black and white images that represent an aspect of your life. • Present one image every day for seven days. • No people. • No explanation. • Nominate someone every day, but anyone can

Hey everyone! Shining some light in the darkness with our Christmas tree. I want to wish all the Steemians who are still around here happy holidays from the Netherlands!