April 2020

Cats In Quarantine

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Right now, there are so many of us having fun with our cats at home that it's rare to scroll through social media without seeing a new cat doing something goofy, wearing a silly outfit or otherwise entertaining its owners.

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Working On Modeling The Effects Of Nanobubbles On Nuclear Fuel Aging

     During the operation of a nuclear fission reactor in a nuclear power plant, fission fragments crash trough the crystal lattice of the nuclear fuel creating defects such as vacancies, interstitial atoms and their clusters. The vacancies combine together to form bubbles that fill up with fission produced gas during the burning of the nuclear fuel.

Caffè Misto Your Way

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Normally I'm not one to "mute" my coffee with a lot of milk, but I'm in love with it mixed with macadamia nut milk lately and I thought I'd see how my fellow coffee lovers like their Caffè Misto drinks. Personally, I'm loving the nut milk, but maybe you have a different milk you enjoy in your cup.

Garden Ideas for Mother's Day

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If your Mother's Day gift recipient is like my mother figures--my mom and my closest aunt--or me, they probably would prefer living plants to cut flowers that will only die. Sure, cut flowers are lovely, but how about a nice fern or hosta (my mom), or a pretty succulent (my aunt)? I'm asking for a pitcher plant this year, myself, or maybe some plants that bloom black. It's been that kind of a year.

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