and the lining in our lungs is adapted to handle air rather than water. However, there have been experiments with humans breathing other liquids, like fluorocarbons. Fluorocarbons can dissolve enough oxygen and our lungs can draw the oxygen out -- see the last...
Basically, since water can dissolve more impurities and evaporate slower than alcohols, it tends to ruin electronics more readily than alcohols.
Regular exercise increases the body's ability to dissolve clots. Wherever you may be, do not sit for more than an hour at a time without getting up and walking around. Better yet, every hour exercise the legs for 2 minutes, as if you are riding a bike (lifting the legs) while ...
Three things: The pan was made for 3-lb. loaves. I don’t make loaves that big. Another thing? It was so cheap and lightweight compared to the Zoji. Last, the timer options were quite limited and there were no custom options where I could put the DOUGH cycle on a timer. I gave ...
Yes, you can bake dough straight from the refrigerator – it does not need to come to room temperature. The dough has no problems from being baked cold and will bake evenly when baked in a very hot oven. Why is my sourdough so sticky after proofing? Your sourdough is likely sticky becau...
When a river floods, would its water flow faster or slower than its normal speed and why? Why do chemical compounds tend to dissolve more quickly in hot solvent than in cold solvent? Why is liquid behaving differently in electro-osmosis and in electrospray? Why the surface of a liq...
It even has antibacterial properties, which means your ears are self-cleaning. Earwax is like a filter for your ears, keeping out harmful things such as dirt and dust and trapping them so they don’t go deep inside. When you chew and move your jaw, you help move old earwax from the ...
One of the main reasons to cure homemade bar soaps is that when they are first made, they tend to be on the softer side. A soft soap will dissolve away more quickly as it’s used, meaning that your uncured soap won’t last as long as one that has been allowed to dry and harden...
But suddenly just walking around it was painful and the reason is because the body is going back to things it did not have the resources at the time to completely fix and now that it does have those resources and is not putting out fires can go and work on them. The body will dissol...
get prodded to make sure they didn’t forget any snacks or butter pats or late-night cookie nibbles, and then receive some follow-up questions about tap water and salt and other fun things. According to the CDC file, the participants also answer a short questionnaire “to ascertain whether ...