Monthly Archives: August 2015
The biology behind your night out: New app calculates what drinks are doing to your body and how to recover
Would you eat this infected corn?
How to calculate the temperature by counting cricket chirps
10 things this fall’s incoming college freshmen have never seen in their lifetimes
As the summer winds down, parents and their incoming college freshmen are preparing for move-in days across the state of Maine — at UMaine in Orono, it’ll be Aug. 28, while down at the University of Southern Maine, it’ll be Aug. 29, for instance. And every year around this time, Wisconsin’s Beloit College releases what […]
‘Mouse buttock’ and baby pig hearts: 10 recipes from nearly 200 years ago Mainers wouldn’t recognize today
Some colonial era foods that were popular in Maine and New England — like baked beans and fruit pies — remain popular today, even if we may not commonly prepare them the same ways our ancestors did. But over the years, people’s tastes and available foods have changed, and regional recipes have changed with them. […]
These tiny organisms are reprogramming your brain to crave chocolate cake
It’s barbecue season in Maine, and it’s hard to resist that extra scoop full of homemade potato salad someone brought over, or that slice of blueberry pie. Or a second cheeseburger. And look, someone brought a chocolate ice cream cake. According to a report published in the molecular biology journal BioEssays and later highlighted by […]
The journey from Mexico to Maine, as seen from space
The crew of Expedition 42 — which was doing research aboard the International Space Station this winter — took this amazing video of a night-time view of the U.S. from space. It follows the ISS’s orbital path from Mexico City to New England at night — and you can even see what looks like the Northern […]
Maine’s governors have had some pretty great middle names. How many do you know?
What should happen to these 3 downtown Bangor properties?
How do you want to see downtown Bangor grow? What is currently missing, or what type of businesses would you like to see more of? There are a few buildings for sale downtown, and we’re interested in what type of redevelopment you’d like to see. (Shout out to Bangor City Councilor Ben Sprague who posted […]