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Microscopic water droplets trapped inside ancient salt crystals have provided evidence supporting a radical theory that the chemical composition of Earth’s oceans has changed over the past 500 million ...

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Alton Brown is a beloved culinary guiding light for millions of home cooks. The "Good Eats" stars' science-backed kitchen wisdom, like how to make a more flavorful grilled cheese and select the best ...

A new theory 'demystifies' the crystallization process and shows that the material that crystallizes is the dominant component within a solution -- which is the solvent, not the solute. The theory ...