Antipatharia's Profile

One of the problems with phalaenopsis is that they are often grown in sphagnum moss. This works well in the hot and humid commercial greenhouses, but in the home the roots usually start to rot. So if you can't seem to keep them alive for more than a couple months, you could try repotting them in bark after you buy them.

My bargain priced CFLs have been through at least 3 different apartments, so they have lasted at least 6 years. And to the people complaining about dimness, you do realize that you can just use higher watt bulbs, right? You could even put in 100+ watt ones and have your own grow-op.

Hey, so I learned something new today. Evidently glucose syrups (like corn syrups) have been around since at least 1811, probably earlier, because all you have to do to make it is add an acid to the starch then heat it for a long, long time.

If you classify sugar as addictive, then we would also have to say that taking a walk of hugging a loved one is addictive. All those activities will release dopamine, but somehow I don't see any "lifestyle experts" getting behind the "don't hug your kids" idea.

@ilovebutter: The pmid is 17828263 (and I just noticed that the study was from 2007, time flies by way to quickly!)

The bacteria in our intestines produce ethanol, and we produce some alcohols with our normal metabolism, so all animals should have some form of ADH to take care of that.