One of the new hip things to do is to drink green tea with the hopes it will help with how we look and feel. But where does this come idea come from? Is it true? Or are we just telling ourselves this will…
With Easter around the corner, I figured we should take a deeper look at a tradition we have all participated in: Easter egg dyeing! I talked to some coworkers about their experiences with Easter egg dyeing and they all mentioned adding vinegar to the…
With spring here and warmer weather just around the corner, the flowers are starting to bloom!! My daffodils in the front garden look beautiful! But how did they decide to open up? For a long time no one understood how plants and flowers know…
There’s this new hype around town about activated charcoal. I will be completely honest that I have never tried any products but I wanted to look into the science of it all since it’s all the rage. So what is it? Activated charcoal is…
What better way to celebrate than an Irish themed #ScienceSunday!! Irish soda bread is a staple in the Irish/Gaelic culture! My nana lived in Ireland for 10+ years getting her PhD and gathering information on her family. She is a true historian and genealogist.…
It’s #ScienceSunday !!!!! And we’re gonna get personal here. I don’t eat blue foods. No blueberries basically. I just find them to be absolutely unnatural. There is no way that blue colored foods are good for us!!! There’s nothing else that is blue that…
With the impending doom of snow on the horizon, I figured it is about time we all talk about what snow is all about! We always think that snow falls come from a drop in temperature which is only partially correct. It’s all about…
Almost every piece of clothing that we pick up at a store is made with some percentage of cotton. But if everything is made of cotton, how does the world keep up with production? Cotton is a natural cellulose fiber used in clothing, coffee…
The past couple weeks there has been a lot of glasses talk surrounding me. This got me thinking all about how our eyes work! I find it fascinating that Michael wakes up everyday and can see but I’m basically blind. Let’s take a better…
I figured after #girlsweekend I definitely had to write about how a hangover is caused! After drinking lots of ethanol (wine, Tito’s sprite and lime juice), we were all exhausted from the amazing memories we made! Ethanol or ethyl alcohol is an organic compound…