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In almost every form of religion, gods seem to have an insatiable appetite for offerings, with a hope by the believers that god’s attention will now be directed towards them and their wishes and prayers will soon...
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Currency and the nation
Some time back, United States’ regulatory body, SEC, filed a lawsuit against Ripple (XRP) for having conducted an “unregistered securities offering” with the claim that XRP is a security, and the sale should have been registered.
And now we have meat glue
FDA validated GRAS (general recognized as safe) ingredients in food are sometimes borderline toxic, specially things like Transglutaminase
Algorithmic Weapons
In 1968, Intel’s employee number 12, Marcian Hoff, found a way to put all circuits necessary to create a rudimentary computing device into a tiny piece of silicon. I have always enjoyed this trivia as I and...
Your watch is watching you
I wore a watch on a continuous basis 25 years ago, back in college when the killer app for that device was telling time. Even when there were no cellphones, I always thought of watches as a...
Could we get soda machines out of hospitals?
My earliest memories of going to a hospital somehow always comes with a memory of a bunch of healthcare workers smoking in the parking lot. It didn’t fit and probably that’s why it stayed in my memory...
Fast foods: Then and now
Believe it or not, McDonald’s has a food philosophy around how wholesome their offerings are. It has recently turned to fresh beef, real white meat chicken, real eggs and fresh buttermilk. Uh! what were they serving before...
Short sleep, short life
You don’t get to bed until midnight. You need an alarm to wake up every day. The first thing you grab out of your bed is coffee. You toss and turn in the middle of your sleep....
Hungover?
Is it one of those mornings when you wake up thirsty, fighting to get up from your bed, aching muscles and feeling still dizzy from all that blast you had last night? Yes, I am talking about...
Is there a sunny side to eggs?
I have eaten eggs almost all my life and I guess it’s one of the breakfast staples at your house too. Until recently, I thought I knew everything about nutrition from eggs. Now, my understanding on nutrition...
How fake is your food?
Large corporations in America use every trick allowed by law of the country, and some tricks manipulated by industrial lobby and government nexus to manipulate the food they produce and feed to naive population. This is well...
The Rise of Coconut
Just a couple of years back, it would have been very hard for someone in America to find coconut oil on supermarket shelves. One had to make a trip to Indian or other ethnic grocery stores for...
Pay per laugh – the new economy
If someone asked you how can you help a comedy club with their falling revenues, if you are a data scientist, your approach will be to first understand their clients, demographics, competitions and so on, ingest all...
Nourishing The Ecosystem
Bacteria! Ew! The kind of bugs we are always washing our hands to get rid of, the ones responsible for runny nose, bad cough and pesky pimples are actually something that are actually a big part of...
Cinnamon
Cinnamon is a sweet smelling spice with a very unique aroma and flavor. The spice goes well with both sweet and savory dishes alike and has been prized for its medicinal properties for thousands of years. Modern...
Nutrition fashion 2017
Every year we come across new crash diet and fashionable nutrition trends that we haven’t seen before. From Quinoa, Chia seeds, Acai berry, Coconut oil, Garinia Combogia to Kombucha tea, people like Dr. Oz and millions of...
