Sometimes things shrink, and sometimes this is a problem, as reported in this 1997 study: “Ice Cream Shrinkage: A Problem for the Ice Cream Industry,” U.K. Dubey and C.H. White, Journal of Dairy Science, vol. 80, no. 12, 1997, pp. 3439-3444. The authors, at Mississippi State University, report: When ice cream is shipped from one […]
Tag: cold
Dog Nose-Tip Temperature Dynamics and Distant-Heat Sensing Ability
“Why do dogs have cold noses?” wonder many humans who, most of them, have warmer noses than dogs have. Here are two research studies by Ronald H.H. Kroger and colleagues, that sniffed into the question and may have found some answers. Dog Nose-Tip Distant-Heat Sensing Ability? “Dogs Can Sense Weak Thermal Radiation,” Anna Bálint, Attila […]
Surfer’s ears – and what can be done about them [new study]
“External auditory exostoses, also known as surfer’s ear, are benign tumours of the external auditory canal. They form primarily as a result of environmental factors, including recurrent exposure to cold water (below 19°C) or cold air, with a prevalence in surfers ranging from 38% to 73.5%. The prevalence and severity of exostoses are dependent on […]
A viral-transmission possible-hoax that will leave you with a cold, or just leave you cold
Sometimes it’s almost not worth trying to decide whether something is a hoax or not—whether, to say it in old-fashioned phrasing, it’s nothing to sneeze at. Vaev Tissues seems to fit snugly into this indecisively gooey category. Mandy Oaklander writes about it, whatever it is, in Time magazine: A Mysterious Company Claims to Sell Sneeze-Filled […]
