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Food becomes more scientific…

…thanks to ‘molecular gastronomy’. 

But is it more tasty? Some of the big foodies and renowned chefs think so.

Followers of molecular gastronomy look to understand the scientific processes behind cooking — for example, figuring out what temperature the egg yolk cooks at compared with the white or how a one degree difference in the oven can affect the roasting of beef. The movement has attracted not only restaurant vanguards but mainstream foodies with an intellectual curiosity such as Nick Spinelli, executive chef at the nation’s No. 1 foodmaker, Kraft Foods (KFT ). Even Nathan Myhrvold, the former chief technology officer at Microsoft (MSFT ), experiments with the concept in his own kitchen, which is decked out with high-tech gear. “We’re learning. We’re becoming better cooks,” says Dufresne. “It’s a misconception that we’re the crazy chefs in lab coats.”

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Why India will overtake China

…. India is nearing a tipping point of economic transformation. The pace of change is not steady, but its direction is inexorable. Consider the current government, a coalition in which the Communist parties are crucial partners (and India’s communists are considerably more economically orthodox than the Chinese variety). Even so, the recent budget managed to continue privatization, open pensions and mining to foreign investment, and cut corporate taxes and tariffs.

More at Fortune

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Field Medal? No, thanks

You don’t hear a such a big ‘No’ often.
And, it came from Grigory Perelman, the mathematician, when he gave the Field Medal a big miss.The same Field Medal which is described as the Nobel Prize in Mathematics, given every four years the best brains under 40 years of age.

But how could anyone say to such a recognition to one’s life long efforts? Is genius not meant to be rewarded? Can we understand Perelman at all? Or is he pretty much like a hundred-year-old mathematical problem that only he can solve?

Often dubbed as a reclusive mathematician, Perelman might have considered it too much of a distraction and an unwanted interference in his work.

Mm…Let’s look at what he had to say after proving the Poincare conjecture, which he did not even mention to anyone.

This was a famous problem. Some people needed time to get accustomed to the fact that it was no longer a conjecture.

Sometimes, for a change, greatness chooses to be simple and unnoticed.

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