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...FOOD 700 Number of variants tested by British scientists in a quest to find the perfect bacon sandwich, or "butty" 0.5 Noise level, in decibels, that scientists determined a properly crispy and crunchy bacon butty should register when bitten
...site is the first step in the Kong’s modernization. The goal is to cast off the sketchiness and “make people realize that there is decent food in there.” Only time can tell whether the Kong’s quest to overcome its rep is a feasible endeavor. Until then, drunken revelers can collect vodka-soaked plastic animals in peace...
...quest for answers has been hindered by doubt: is dreaming a mystery worth solving? Science has long had an uneasy relationship with our nocturnal imaginings. While some brilliant practitioners have worked-and do work-in the field, its links with mysticism and Freudian theory have repelled others like a bad odor. Everybody dreams and most people talk about theirs now and again. But once, as children, we learn to distinguish these delusions from reality, dreams usually become no more than a sideshow, sometimes disturbing, occasionally poignant, but mostly something to be forgotten, quickly and completely, if they were remembered...
...owes many of its victories to its consistently solid No. 1 and No. 2 singles players, Elizabeth Googe and Kasia Prenenta, who are both 13-7. Columbia, who lost to Cornell 1-6 earlier this year, is 3-4 for the season. Although the outcome of the quest for the Ivy League championship seems to be more uncertain this year, Mukundan and her teammates are willing to do whatever it takes to keep the title in Cambridge. “I’m really excited to see how we can do,” Mukundan said...
...Born in 1412 in the village of Borgo Sansepolcro, about 25 km from Arezzo, Piero got his first training from an accomplished painter in his hometown. Soon, though, he embarked on a quest to immerse himself in the swirling artistic currents of Renaissance Italy. By today's standards he didn't travel far, but he did pick up (and leave) influences across the peninsula. He spent time in Perugia and in Florence, where he assisted the Venice-born painter Domenico Veneziano. Later, he was commissioned by Pope Nicolas V and Pope Pius II to paint several frescoes in the palaces...