Monthly Archives: June, 2015

Scientists discover why cheese have holes, and it is not CO2

Holes that form in cheeses such as emmental caused by hay particles in milk and not CO2 released by bacteria, say experts

Mice are not the culprit either.
Mice are not the culprit either. Photograph: Chris Warbey

After about a century of research, scientists in Switzerland have finally solved the mystery of the holes in Swiss cheese.

Despite what you may have been told as a child, the holes are not caused by mice nibbling away inside cheese wheels.

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The word ‘politics’ is derived from the word ‘poly’, meaning ‘many’, and the word ‘ticks’, meaning ‘blood sucking parasites’ – Larry Hardiman

The word ‘politics’ is derived from the word ‘poly’, meaning ‘many’, and the word ‘ticks’, meaning ‘blood sucking parasites’

Larry Hardiman

Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things – Russell Baker

Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things

Russell Baker

Stupid effect replicated in countless experiments

This well-known effect has of course been replicated in countless experiments.