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Decoding cheese with DNA sequencing
Published 231 days ago in Documentary. Submitted by manro
Cheese is delicious, beloved by many, and a teeming mess of microbes. Which microbes, exactly, has long been a mystery, but modern DNA sequencing tech is allowing researchers to take a peek behind the microscopic curtain.
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This is How All-You-Can-Eat Buffets Really Make Their Money
Published 236 days ago in Documentary. Submitted by sux2bu
If you've ever gorged yourself at an all you can eat buffet, you've probably wondered how they manage to make any money. Letting people just eat anything they want all willy-nilly couldn't possibly be profitable, right? Well, grab a plate, because we're about to reveal how all-yo…
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This Mushroom Starts Killing You Before You Even Realize It
Published 236 days ago in Documentary. Submitted by sux2bu
The notorious death cap mushroom causes poisonings and deaths around the world. If you were to eat these unassuming greenish mushrooms by mistake, you wouldn’t know your liver is in trouble until several hours later.
A toxin in the mushroom destroys your liver cells. Dr. K…
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Take a Look inside China’s Giant Communal Homes—the Fujian Tulou
Published 237 days ago in Documentary. Submitted by sux2bu
Tucked in the rolling subtropical mountains of the southeast Chinese province of Fujian are a series of giant multistoried homes built with wood and fortified with mud walls.
Constructed between the 15th and 20th centuries, these massive communal homes were sited with feng shui…
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The richest village in China is also mysterious
Published 237 days ago in Documentary. Submitted by sux2bu
The citizens of this 240-acre "communist utopia" are very wealthy but aren't allowed to speak to the press.
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