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Category: Your Questions: Answered

Posted on July 10, 2015July 13, 2015

Your Questions: Answered – Cameras

Please explain how cameras work, like from old fashion camera’s to the modern digital ones we use today. It blows my mind! - Kristoffer Stewart A camera, at its most fundamental, is a device that captures and stores images.  Cameras have evolved a lot over the years and when you stop to think about what …

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Posted on July 9, 2015July 13, 2015

Your Questions: Answered – Spicy Foods

My question is about taste: why can some people tolerate chilli and some not? Chilli tolerance seems to improve when you eat more, but what’s happening in your mouth and brain? - Andrew Beale The perception of taste is much more complicated than most people assume at first.  When you bite into an apple, for …

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