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LOBSTER'S CHEAP. LOBSTER'S LUXURIOUS. DISCUSS
Recent news reports have chronicled your rise — or fall? — citing sustainability, affordability and sheer bounty. In Maine alone, marine biologists are happy to report that your numbers have grown...
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MEDIEVAL AGE : THE ROLE OF DRINKING IN THE MALE CONSTRUCTION OF UNRULY WOMEN
Over the past twenty-five years feminist historians have demonstrated the patriarchal nature of traditional European society. The precise nature of this patriarchy, including its methods and rhetoric,...
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MATADOUROS PÚBLICOS NA EUROPA E AMÉRICAS
Leopoldo CostaOs matadouros públicos foram criados com o objetivo de oferecer à população carne com qualidade e controlar os abates dos animais destinados ao consumo. Depois, com o advento da indústria...
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CONFUCIANISME
Le mot « confucianisme » est une invention occidentale. La tradition chinoise ne connaît pas les cloisonnements doctrinaux qui nous sont familiers et même nécessaires. Elle n’emploiera pas volontiers...
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10 CIBI AFRODISIACI CHE ACCENDONO L'EROS
AsparagiAvocado, semi di zucca, melagrana, oltre ai più noti peperoncino, ostriche, cacao, ecco 10 superfood che favoriscono buonumore, relax, energia, ma soprattutto un buon equilibrio ormonale (e...
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ALEX ATALA, CHEF BRASILEÑO PREMIADO EN LIMA
Alex Atala, premiado por su contribución a la gastronomía mundial. El chef brasileño recibirá el galardón al conjunto de su carrera el 3 de septiembre en Lima, durante la gala de los 50 mejores...
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MIL Y UN SABORES EN LIMA
No resulta fácil acercarse a una ciudad sin proyectar la sombra que depositamos sobre todo lo que intentamos conocer. Al llegar a Lima resuena una frase mítica: “¿En qué momento se jodió el Perú?”.Está...
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A HISTORY OF OBESITY AND EATING DISORDERS
Venus of WillendorfFashions shift in human beauty as they do in clothes and architecture, a fact pointed out by Anne Scott Beller in her natural history of obesity, Fat & Thin. Physical proportions...
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WHY HUMANS HAVE NO FUR?
The naked truth. Recent findings lay bare the origins of human hairlessness — and hint that naked skin was a key factor in the emergence of other human traits.KEY CONCEPTS* Humans are the only primate...
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GENETICALLY MODIFIED CASSAVA - THE BIOTECH WAY
Genetic engineering, now widely adopted in U.S. agriculture, is beginning to show results in cassava as well. But genetically modified versions are unlikely to become widely available soon, and some...
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BREEDING CASSAVA TO FEED THE POOR
The world’s third-largest source of calories has the potential to become a more productive and more nutritious crop, alleviating malnutrition in much of the developing world.Key Concepts*. Cassava...
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IS SEX REALLY NECESSARY?
Most living things do it, but nobody knows why.Approximately two billion years ago a pair of single-celled organisms made a terrible mistake — they had sex. We’re still living with the consequences....
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THE GREAT EUROPEAN FAMINE
From the eleventh to the thirteenth century Europe prospered. In many areas the proportion of land being cultivated in 1300 would not be reached again for another 500 years. The population had grown,...
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CLONING OF A HUMAN
The process is extremely difficult, but it also seems inevitable.Ever since the birth of Dolly the sheep in 1996, human cloning for reproductive purposes has seemed inevitable. Notwithstanding past...
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FAT ATTACK - ANTIOBESITY DRUGS
By BotteroWill three new antiobesity drugs beat a checkered safety history?Finding safe and effective weight-loss medications has long been a goal for drugmakers and physicians alike — third of...
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THE FIRST BUTCHERS
Hominids have been cutting their steak for much longer than anybody thought.A long time ago, by the shores of a lake in East Africa, a group of hungry foragers tucked into a primeval steak dinner. They...
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WHY WOMEN LIVE LONGER?
Ivy Bean, 102 years oldStress alone does not explain the longevity gap.If there are any men left who still believe that women are the weaker sex, it is long past time for them to think again. With...
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HEALTHIER ICE CREAM?
Scientists are experimenting with unsaturated fats for a rich but less artery-clogging dessert.Ice cream is a complex, three-phase food system in which ice (solid), air (gas) and unfrozen water...
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IS FASTING GOOD FOR YOU?
Intermittent fasting might improve health, but clinical data are thin.In E. B White’s beloved novel Charlotte’s Web, an old sheep advises the gluttonous rat Templeton that he would live longer if he...
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HISTORY OF AUTOMOBILE - PI0NEER VEHICLES
10. Daimler Cannstatt 4HP 1898The 19th century saw tremendous advances in engineering, as mechanization transformed production in factories. Inventors turned their attention to replacing the horse with...
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