Growing up in the US, cow's milk was marketed as a healthy drink: whole, two-percent, or skim. I grew up drinking a few glasses a day, largely because of the supposed nutrients and vitamins you can get. But growing concern and criticism on sugary drinks has put greater scrutiny on this supposed ...

Is honey toxic when cooked? Every once in a while I have a commenter pops up telling me that honey is toxic when cooked. The thought is that honey changes form with heating (this part is true) and that then it is toxic.

Any person who plays an electric guitar considers whether the material, the shape, and the body of the guitar impact the sound quality. Our goal is to look at research on impacts of different material and shape to determine if there are impacts to sound quality. This board will not go into string ...

There's a lot of research on coffee. What are the major side effects of coffee besides productivity? How does coffee affect mortality and morbidity in general? It is important to highlight these studies are studying the effects of black coffee and not coffee drinks. Coffee drinks you would find at S...

How social structures (individualism vs collectivism) might affect learning goals of dance students in different countries

Singapore is cited by several policy wonks as having "solved" housing through it's expansive Housing Development Board (HDB) policies and incentive systems for buying public housing. Through this board, we are examining the research around the outcomes of Singapore's HDBs and seeing how replicable ...

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This has been a long time coming. I saw this CNN article: http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/20/health/diet-sodas-stroke-dementia-study/index.html It was a reminder that while this issue has been studied extensively, I still hear contradictory conclusions. For this list, I want to track the effects of...

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