My Opinion: May 3, 2014

Saturday, May 3, 2014

The Truth About Sell By Dates: "Up to 90% of us toss food prematurely because we think “sell by,” “best before,” “best if used by,” and “use by” dates all indicate food safety—a mix-up that sends $165 billion worth of food to trash cans every year, says a new report by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Harvard Law School. “Most ‘best by’ and ‘use by’ dates are manufacturers’ recommendations for best quality, not safety,” says Marianne Gravely of the USDA. “For most foods, you can tell if it’s gone bad by its look or smell: If a refrigerated food is past its ‘best by’ date but looks and smells OK, it’s fine. If it smells bad, shows mold, has a slimy feel, or looks odd, that’s a sign it’s spoiled.” Combine date info with common sense and you’ll be cool."

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Top 10 Survival Skills for after the SHTF « Patriot Net Daily

Top 10 Survival Skills for after the SHTF « Patriot Net Daily: "If you have as one of your concerns a total collapse in society regardless of the reason, there are people out there who will tell you that you need to have knowledge or skills you can sell. Why is this? Let’s take the example scenario of an economic collapse? If there are no jobs as a customer service representative or a social media consultant; what will you do to make money? What will the people who traded stock do? What about people who sell cars? If we are in a true economic collapse, the only people who can be logically expected to survive are people who possess goods or services someone is willing to buy or barter for or those who have survival skills."

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Mike Rowe Offers a Fan Some of the Greatest Career Advice You’ll Ever Hear | TheBlaze.com

Mike Rowe Offers a Fan Some of the Greatest Career Advice You’ll Ever Hear | TheBlaze.com: "When one of his fans wrote him asking for career advice, Mike Rowe offered some words of wisdom that are pretty much universal. However, the blunt guidance isn’t what every person wants to hear when looking for their “dream job.”"

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How did Egyptians move pyramid stones? Mystery may be solved - CNET

How did Egyptians move pyramid stones? Mystery may be solved - CNET: "Throughout history, people have looked upon the ancient pyramids of Egypt and scratched their heads, wondering how all those giants blocks of stone were moved across the desert and stacked up high. Physicists from the University of Amsterdam and the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter believe they have an answer as to how those stones were moved."

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What's It Like to Consult for The Big Bang Theory? | Science/AAAS | News

What's It Like to Consult for The Big Bang Theory? | Science/AAAS | News: "Now in its seventh season, the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory is more popular than ever, averaging 19.79 million viewers per episode; and it’s not going away anytime soon. The comedy—recently extended to 2017—revolves around a gang of physicists and an engineer who work at the California Institute of Technology. Some recurring themes include their dorky obsession with sci-fi and comic books, their roller coaster–like love lives, and their surprisingly accurate scientific research in the lab."

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Pocket : Science Blogs

Pocket : Science Blogs: "First, what’s up with these exploding whales anyway? In an interview with Fusion, here’s how deep sea ecologist Andrew David Thaler explains this amazing and unsightly phenomenon."

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Scientists find a winning strategy for rock-paper-scissors | Ars Technica

Scientists find a winning strategy for rock-paper-scissors | Ars Technica: "A group of researchers from Chinese universities have written a paper about the role of psychology in winning (or losing) at rock-paper-scissors. After studying how players change or keep their strategies during multiple-round sessions, they figured out a basic rule that people tend to play by that could potentially be exploited."

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