Aug 24, 2014
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A chemistry shot glass set for your up-close-and-personal examinations of various ethanol solutions.
(via Wired Design)
Remember the time that the Soviets got a pig drunk on wine, put it in a cannon shell and launched it straight up in the air? You know, for science?
A whole slideshow of the event you must see to believe at Retronaut. Chances are that they were testing the effects of rapid acceleration on a living body, but wow.
UPDATE: This is from the mockumentary "First on the Moon". No pigs were harmed in the making of this photo. Video clip here.
Curiosity just beamed down into my Mars cocktail. Message received.
(Taken with Instagram)
Make the Perfect @Wired Holiday Party Drinks
h/t @petercoffey
All of these impressive photos of alcoholic beverages under a microscope uncover the elements that make up some of our preferred tipples. Similar to photos of snowflakes, each and every beverage is unique, while observed below when zoomed about 1, 000 times under a high tech lab microscope. Created by United states company Bevshots, these are available as artworks for potential buyers which recognize the concealed beauty of alcoholic beverages. Catching the small elements that define most popular drinks such as vodka, pina colada and Chablis. "What you can see in the magnified pictures are the crystalised carbohydrates that have become sugars and glucose, " described Lester Hutt, 35, the founder of Bevshots.
Dubbed the Greenhouse Gas Accounting Profile, the standardized formula has two parts. The enterprise protocol helps businesses calculate their carbon emissions, while the product protocol gives winemakers carbon reduction tips to cut emissions even more, notes Harpers.co.uk.
According to the UK Wine and Spirit Trade Association, the wine sector is one of the first industries to lead with such a move.
The alcohol referendum brought voters like Mary Buchanan out to the precinct at E. Rivers Elementary School in Atlanta.
Prohibiting package sales on Sundays is an archaic rule that does more harm than good, said Buchanan, who voted for the provision. " The issue should not be about regulating alcohol, but teaching the appropriate responsibility that comes with it is the bigger issue."
In this off year without national and statewide races, turnout is expected to be low, but the alcohol referendum and other key issues including an incorporation referendum in the Peachtree Corners area of Gwinnett County were keeping poll workers busy.