The spectrum of vegetarianism

I've realised that I've only mentioned being a vegetarian once in eleven years of blogging. Don't go saying we drill about it all the time. Anyway, vegeterianism is a very wide concept and the TERMCAT (centre for terminology of Catalonia) have just created an infographic to make things clear. As reducing meat and fish consumption …

And Just Like That… Sexist And The City

When I read the news, I couldn’t help but wonder: Why? Sex And The City is making a much unwarranted comeback with ten half-hour episodes to expand on the story of the drab, the jejune and the dreary. Indeed, just Miranda, Charlotte and Carry are back, so we get the musty without the moist. Due …

A week of pride in science

Four important dates mark the calendar from the 15th to the 20th of November. They are days of science and pride, which merge into a joint cause, as they should. The 15th of November if the feast of Saint Albert the Great, patron saint of scientists. Paradoxal as it is, people who devote their life …

Judit Camargo: “Most solar filters are made in China and India and we want to make them here.”

Summer has oficially arrived and in May 2019 Judit Camargo created Roka Furadada, a company that's going to distribute sun cream with smart solar filters that activate according to the radiation they receive. We connect Zoom, as one does nowadays, and see each other for the first time. Judit hasn't been to the hairdresser's during …

LGBT+, science, acids and bases

Today, 5th of July, is LGBT in STEM day (STEM meaning science, technology, engineering and mathematics). A good way to celebrate is watching a video by doctor Lana Vuli, the science queen. In this video, Lana adapts my post about the real neutral pH with an LGBT twist. The tag on your shower gel might …

The multiple names of TNT

There are milions of chemical compounds and each one has its name. But some have more than one or more than two. An example of this is the well-known TNT. Although nowadays there is a system to name compounds according to specific rules, in the past their names were chosen quite randomly. The names that …