Category: Science

Why Jolly Ranchers Are Banned in the UK but Not the US

Adopted in 1958, the GRAS exemption was intended to cover the use of commonplace ingredients, explains Jensen Jose, regulatory counsel for the nonprofit watchdog...

Episode 568 with Tom Rhodes!

Globetrotting headliner Tom Rhodes (tomrhodes.net) has a new special, The Ripest Zebras, available on his website. He joins Jesse and Matt to talk about...

Academic language has become a proxy for European culture wars

Two decades ago, European universities were racing to internationalize. The Bologna Process, launched in 1999 to standardize and improve the quality of higher...

Earth’s weather satellites just spent 10 years watching Venus — here’s what they found

Imaging data from Japan's Himawari-8 and -9 meteorological satellites have been successfully used to monitor temporal changes in Venus' cloud-top temperature, revealing unseen patterns...

Blurring The Lines Between Sex and Friendship : Invisibilia : NPR

There's a social script for how romantic relationships are supposed to develop,...

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