They can send you to hell and maybe back (we don't know for sure), but it's hard to imagine modern Latin American cuisine without chili peppers. But also the Hungarian or other cuisines for that matter. Chili peppers (Capsicum species) originated in South America. They were cultivated and traded in the Ame... |
6 December 2007
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Chocolate advertising often centers on nave sexy women lured by men with chocolate. Still, there is barely any proof that this widely desired kind of sweets causes real addiction. "Rather, chocolate is irresistible partly because we know we're not supposed to have too much. People readily label themselves chocoho... |
12 September 2007
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If you thought Brazil has the most diverse fauna in South America (and in the world), you're wrong: this title belongs to Colombia. This is also showed by the rhythm of newly discovered species in this country: now researchers have found a new poisonous frog in a remote mountainous region of Colombia. The new sp... |
30 August 2007
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Vices never come alone. For example, 85 % of the alcoholics also smoke. There are several available pills to help smokers fight the deadly habit, like varenicline, a drug developed by Pfizer that blocks nicotine's action of turning on the "happiness hormone" dopamine neurons. Varnicline is synthesized from the a... |
10 July 2007
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The "magic mushrooms" are gilled fungi that induce psychotic effects due to the alkaloid called psilocybin. Psilocybin occurs in high levels in some species of Psilocybe and Panaeolus, and in lower levels in Conocybe, Gymnopilus and Inocybe. Psilocybe, Panaeolus, Conocybe grow in varied habitats, from dung to humus. ... |
1 June 2007
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Poison frogs are famous for their toxin which is used for poisoning arrow tips. Their bright vivid colors warn the predators on their toxicity. The toxins from the frog skin protecting it from predators and infections are chemicals called alkaloids. But frogs cannot synthesize the alkaloids themselves, they have to a... |
16 May 2007
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