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• Why Is the Sea Salty? (And Is It Getting Saltier?)
  Rivers carry water to the sea, and rain falls fresh on the surface — so where did all that salt come from, and why does the ocean taste the same the world over? The answer runs through weathering rock, mid-ocean vents, and a balance measured over hundreds of millions of years.
• The Science of Cooking — Heat, Salt, Fat and Water
  Every recipe ever written is applied physics with a taste test. Four forces — heat, salt, fat and water — do almost all the work in a kitchen, and once you can name them, instructions stop being arbitrary and start being obvious. Here is the model behind good cooking.