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This vital sign gets taken more than your best friend's good advice.
What is blood pressure?
In this dystopian classic, firemen don’t fight fires—they start them, especially if you love to read.
What is Fahrenheit 451?
If you want to keep your green peas green, you may want to use this simple but effective technique of boiling and then chilling your peas.
What is blanching?
You get one set of these alternative forms of genes from mom, and one from dad
What are alleles?
This common bird makes up for 90% of the world's poultry meat production.
What is chicken?
Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, and Intracranial Atherosclerotic disease all stem from the build up of this in the brain due to the accumulation of misfolded proteins.
What is plaque?
He may have been mad, but this raven-obsessed author was also quite poetic, even though he married his 13 year old cousin at 27.
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
Although both Italian, this cooking term for pasta means “to the tooth,” describing the perfect bite, not the author of the Divine Comedy.
What is al dente?
Your body has the potential to throw a tantrum when it comes across certain materials in food or plants. This is also known as?
What is allergies or immune hypersensitivity?
These organisms have had their DNA altered for traits like pest resistance or higher yield—examples include Bt corn and Roundup Ready soybeans.
What are GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms)?
What are carotid arteries?
This famous poem from years ago begins with the line "Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story...".
What is the Odessey?
In baking, this leavening agent produces carbon dioxide to make dough rise.
What is yeast?
In myths, it's a fire-breathing hybrid monster; in genetics, it's an organism with 2 distinct sets of DNA
What is a chimera?
Beginning in the 1940s, this movement used high-yield crop varieties, synthetic fertilizers, and pesticides to boost global food production.
What is the Green Revolution?
Carbonate of this element is the active ingredient in Tums, which can be used to treat a deficiency of it.
What is calcium (carbonate)?
Agatha Christie said that while her grandmother was an inspriation, this character was "far more fussy and spinsterish".
Who is Miss Marple?
Known to be one of the most expensive spices to date, with costs ranging between $5,000 to $10,000 per pound because of its labor-intensive harvesting process and short harvest season, this sweet spice, often paired with cinnamon, comes from the dried stigma of a flower.
What is saffron?
Milkmaids in England unintentionally introduced this "weapon" that trains your immune system to fight off smallpox, and eventually, other diseases like the flu.
What are vaccines?
Widely used in China, Vietnam, Japan, and the Philippines, this ancient farming practice grows crops on steep land to reduce erosion and manage water efficiently.
What is terrace farming?
It is Latin for 'neck' and can mean the neck as well as the outer end of this female organ.
What is the uterus?
Stan Lee said the alias-using title character of this novel set during the French Revolution "was the 1st superhero I read about".
What is the scarlett pimpernel?
After dinner, you definitely want to finish things off with these delicate sponge cakes, either on their own or in a Charlotte.
What are lady fingers?
Tom Cruise, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Michael Phelps all share this chromosomal genetic disorder in which their chromosomes are XXY. This is known as ?
What is Klinefelter syndrome?
This process, often induced by sulfur amendments, involves the microbial oxidation of elemental sulfur into sulfuric acid, effectively lowering soil pH.
What is biological sulfur oxidation?