Recent Discoveries

[anymelanie]

Last week I watched the most amazing episode of NOVA, on the subject of epigenetics. Fascinating stuff-- and fortunately, PBS has an archive of sorts on it here: Ghost in Your GenesAnd speaking of archives, I googled myself (just first and last name, no middle initial or anything) the other day for the first time in over a year, and was amazed that

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[slownewsday]

I've always wondered what a persimmon tasted like. They featured in a strange nature adventure in the back of one of my World Books.

[anymelanie]

I had a fuyu persimmon, which has the texture of an apple, but isn't as sweet. It actually tastes a little pumpkin-y.