#science why

[the-saucy-wave-equation]

The fact that subdivisions of a big center for research funding are called “subthrusts”…. I can’t.

[teaheresy]

The Best Way To Make Tea Is To Microwave It, According To Science

Every now and then, we at IFLScience write something that’s seen as a little controversial.

Science has a very particular definition of “best”:

That’s right. If you haven’t spat out your morning cuppa in horror at this point, then you’ll be able to discover that, by using the following method of tea making, you’ll get roughly 80 percent of the catechins from your tea, and 92 percent of the caffeine – far more than if you use the traditional kettle boiling technique.

1 – Put hot water in the cup with your teabag. So far, so normal.

2 – Then, plonk the teabag-filled container in the microwave and heat it for 60 seconds at 500 watts.

3 – Wait a minute, dunk the bag up and down 10 times, squeeze it out, then enjoy your brew, you heathen.

... it appears that a scientist by the name of Dr Quan Vuong, a researcher at Australia’s University of Newcastle, is the primary antagonist here.

Back in 2012, he actually looked into microwaving (green) tea and what it would do to the compounds inside the leaves. Based on careful chemical analyses, Vuong’s study concluded that the method above extracted far more nutrients than any other.

...

So there you have it – science does ruin everything.

[madly-empirical]

[thejamwithin]

Death

I think death is something that we're all told to come to terms with yet it is never something that we can handle completely despite knowing our entire lives it happens. I know we miss those that go, and circumstances differ as to how people go, but you would think that our bodies would come up with a better way of coping. Some people are fine and sometimes they have no empathy, are psychopathic or bottle it up completely until it manifests into something so horrible it cannot be fixed. The normal response is to sob and miss them yet the human body doesn't always do this and it confuses me. I know our bodies react differently but surely for something so commonly seen, we would all react extremely similar? Science why?

[destyni-is-me]

I can't take spiral galaxies seriously anymore knowing that the middle is called The Bulge.

[vangoghs-other-ear]

I knew him, Horatio

So I got to hold a replica of a Neanderthal Skull today.... instead of examining him scientifically or whatever I was supposed to do all I could think was "Alas, poor Yorick!" This is why we don't give skulls to English majors....

[tesadoraofphaedra]

IF I AM SO PRETTY WHY I LOOK SO BAD IN PICTURES

[actualuf0]

Bout to do a 10 minute presentation sooo is there a mellow down button for my nervousness or