We were sitting outside the old farmhouse where Dave had been living during his tenure as winemaker. Vineyards stretched pacifically before us; we watched the sun set and drank beer. The brown and yellow sandstone of Mount Garfield isn’t much to look at in the harsh midday light, but at...
water. When you shake, the ice slamming against the walls of the tin cause cracks large and small to form. The cracks spread like roots; the alcohol in your cocktail is not far behind. This additional surface area allows more of the ice to melt,...
Because the enzymes would be used at much lower temperatures than their optimum temperature, reaction rate at operational temperature would be quite lower compared with the specific activity of enzymes at the optimum. To solve these problems, researchers have turned to the technique of protein ...
. In each of these examples, the environmental agent (UV light; chemicals in cigarette smoke; alcohol) usually targets a few organs of the body, while not affecting other organs. In other words, environmentally-targeted organs "age" or lose their normal homeostatic role within that organ but ...
You can easily hide your alcohol and keep it close by changing the container it's in or by storing somewhere it's not likely to be found. You might have to get creative with the ways of going about this, though, especially if you're trying...