Umami: why the fifth taste is so important

The strong savoury flavour that makes everything from spag bol to Marmite so hard to resist may serve a vital evolutionary purpose. 

We could even use it to fight malnutrition. Pass the parmesan

Salmon tikka with cucumber yoghurt

Quick salmon tikka with cucumber yoghurt (17 minutes)

Germany welcomes southern Europe's best and brightest into its workforce

Young graduates from Greece, Spain and Portugal head north as home employment prospects remain bleak

Windows XP: λήξη υποστήριξης το 2014

Windows XP: λήξη υποστήριξης το 2014, ερωτήματα & προτάσεις για την αναβάθμιση επιχειρήσεων

Aromatherapy

What is aromatherapy?
Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils from plants for healing. Although the word β€œaroma” makes it sound as if the oils are inhaled, they can also be massaged into the skin or -- rarely -- taken by mouth. You should never take essential oils by mouth without specific instruction from a trained and qualified specialist.

Thoreau's Walden Is Over 156 Years Old Today, but Relevant as Ever

Today in 1854, Henry David Thoreau released his nuanced and readable account of two years that he spent largely alone in a cabin near Concord, Massachusetts.

"His distillation of two years living in relative seclusion offers deep insights not just into the natural world and humanity's place in it, but how that relationship was being impacted -- and degraded -- by the Industrial Revolution," Wired's Randy Alfred reminds us. "It remains to this day a trenchant criticism of the excesses of technology,"

BioShock Infinite is a first person shooter where players assume the role of former Pinkerton agent Booker DeWitt who is sent to the flying city of Columbia on a rescue mission to save Elizabeth, who has been imprisoned since childhood. 

Through the powerful bond they form, Booker is able to augment his own abilities with her world-altering control over the environment.

BioShock Infinite is a stupendous game, portraying a beautiful and broken city that will absorb your every waking thought.