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umbrella_half December 1 2010, 01:07:07 UTC
I HAVE CERTAINLY KNOWN THIS SINCE I WAS A YOUNG BOY.

WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT.

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meresy December 1 2010, 02:07:08 UTC
These are interesting trufax I have discovered while helping my brother with his microbio homework, okay. Don't hate.

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malnpudl December 1 2010, 02:47:13 UTC
They should let you team up with people like me who dig the whole standing up in front of an audience thing. You get to, you know, do Science. Your buddy does the talking head thing with the Powerpoint nonsense.

See? I could run the world reelly gud.

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meresy December 1 2010, 04:22:43 UTC
I would sign up for that so hard.

Extroversion assistance: for when you don't have the will to fake it.

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malnpudl December 1 2010, 04:26:10 UTC
I'm not an extrovert. I just play one on TV when I have an audience. *g*

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meresy December 1 2010, 04:28:22 UTC
Well, it takes a certain something to want large groups of people to pay attention to you. Like, all at once. O_o

Whatever that is, I don't have it. Must have missed the signup day.

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_unhurt_ December 1 2010, 07:24:33 UTC
Is there a professional career somewhere in the sciences WORLD that DOESN'T involve having to Powerpoint at groups of people?

apparently no /u\ as i have found to my great horror. (haaaaaaaaate!)

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meresy December 2 2010, 23:37:10 UTC
Augh, whyeeee.

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luzula December 1 2010, 08:53:46 UTC
In math you can do it in front of a blackboard instead of with a Powerpoint presentation. You still have to present things, though.

Biochemical question of the day: Why does it take much longer to whip cream which is low in lactose than it does ordinary cream? The fat content is the same, and it's low in lactose because it's treated with lactase. I have tried googling this but found no answer. *beams at you hopefully like you have all the biochemical answers*

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meresy December 2 2010, 23:48:38 UTC
Hmm, that's a tough one. Lactase treatment only converts the lactose into galactose and glucose, so it's not even reducing the amount of sugar in general (the cream would actually taste sweeter, but that's neither here nor there)... something about the lactose structure. Lactose in food crystallizes at low temperatures, whereas glucose and galactose don't so much. If the cream is cold, maybe the lactose crystals help the foam structure?

This is all wild guessing.

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