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If you drop it, should you eat it? The 5-second Rule |
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High-school student Jillian Clarke investigated the scientific validity of the "5-second rule" during her apprenticeship in Hans Blaschek's University of Illinois lab this summer. You know the rule: If food falls to the floor and it's in contact with the floor for fewer than 5 seconds, it's safe to pick it up and eat it. |
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Chemistry of Christmas Cooking |
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If only they taught food chemistry in schools we can understand how to cook to perfection. Here lies the secret of delicious roasting. |
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Worms know bad food when they smell it |
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For most people, just a whiff of food that has made them sick in the past is enough to trigger a wave of nausea -- and to prevent them from eating that food again. It's a response that's instantaneous, involuntary, and so fundamental to basic biology that it occurs in a broad range of species. Even worms, researchers have now shown, quickly learn to avoid smells associated with foods that have made them ill. |
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