But if bigger is better, does that mean we are only slightly smarter than a walrus, which has a brain weighing 2.4 pounds (1.1 kilograms), and much dumber than a sperm whale, which has a whopping 17-pound (7.7-kilogram) brain [source: Bryner]? In this article, we'll investigate the...
Currently, it is not uncommon that recycled board producers resort to overweighing in order to achieve the needed dry strength. The thicker the board, the better the strength properties. “Maintaining the strength properties with reduced basis weight enables both economical and ecological benefits. Th...
Weighing 287 pounds (130 kg), P3 could walk faster and more smoothly than its predecessors. 1997 - ASIMO Even more improvements were made to the walking system, allowing ASIMO to walk gracefully and easily in almost any environment. Sophisticated hip joints allowed ASIMO to turn smoothly -- ...
Did "a rather" mean "a little; somewhat" back in the 1930s?"Athletics, cosmetics, a weighing machine,are part of the feminine daily routine, for what?And oceans of lotions and potions you take,to keep that old something a rather awake, why not?"Excerpt from 1933 song "Keep Young and...
Sure, paid social media costs money. But that doesn’t make it less cost-effective than organic social. In fact, weighing up the effort involved (and the results you can generate), it’s actually more cost-effective. In 2025, platforms like TikTok and Snapchat rival Facebook cost-effective...
I wanted to go beyond just being fair – I wanted nothing weighing on my conscience – so I made a proposal to that effect. I thought it was a very generous distribution. But my partner saw the whole thing differently and Why Forgive? 47 stopped talking to me the day I told him of ...
You might think Grandma made excellent bread without ever weighing ingredients, and she probably did—thanks to lots of experience and mixing by hand. But using a machine, whether it’s a stand mixer or bread machine, is a different game altogether. Precise measurements are key to success....
while the vegetarian group experienced a 0.8 kg loss. The meat group experienced a slight increase in whole-body density as measured by underwater weighing, while the vegetarian group experienced a slight decrease. In other words, the meat-eaters ended the experiment slightly bigger, harder...
WHAT THIS MEANS: Unless you adjust your calorie intake as you lose weight, your calorie intake will become less and less effective for weight loss, until you hit equilibrium. Put a different way: this person could eat 2,300 calories per day and over time, lose 50 pounds (from 300 pounds...
weighing more than they did before starting the diet in the first place. People with this experience eventually try a different restrictive diet, but then get into the same cycle. This back-and-forth process is known as "yo-yo dieting," and it can pose even greater risks. Cycles of restr...