rthmjohn

I'm disappointed. I still don't see a nutrition or food science forum! I've got lots of questions regarding this topic and would like to be able to procure answers. Nutrition and food science are a part of science and should be included in SFN... but that's just my opinion (sigh...)

Hey guys, is there a Food Science/Nutrition forum? If not, I really think there should be considering the world's obesity epidemic!

I don't think that books should be banned unless they are truly harmful to society and morality in a genuinely threatening manner. By this I mean that books should only be banned if their focus is to openly and plainly advocate and promote such immoral atrocities as racism, genocide, murder, sex offenses, etc...... If people dislike a book to the degree that they feel it should be banned, they should simply dismiss the book and not read it anymore. They shouldn't try and get it banned at the author's expense of not being able to express his ideas and people not being able to read the book. Both reader and author should have the feedom of speech. Thus, readers should be able to criticize a book (or burn it if they absolutely hate it), but authors should have the security of exemption from banning unless their works are in violation of the above stated. People can think for themselves and don't need other people banning a book to say that it's bad. People should formulate their own opinion about a book before joining a book-banning-bandwagon. Books should not be banned because a few people got offended or disliked it or took it so literally that they wanted to ban Harry Potter because they believed it was blasphemy to Christianity.

Wood's metal is a fascinating alloy composed of Bismuth, Cadmium, Tin and Lead with a melting temperature of only 158 degrees F... it melts in hot water... and solidifies as quickly at room temperature. It's also pretty light. An eight inch stick weighs only about a quarter of a pound!

yup, on an equal mass basis the spiders thread is stronger than steel. It also depends on the species of spider. Some threads can even be twice as strong as steel. Check out this link: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=97539&page=1