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L. [ 1 ] Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit (the peppercorn), which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The fruit is a drupe (stonefruit) which is about 5 mm (0.20 in) in diameter (fresh and fully mature), dark red, and contains a stone which encloses a single ...
A skull and partial skeleton commonly known as the La Brea Woman. The remains of a woman between 18 and 24 years old who died of a fractured skull. This skeleton represents the only known human remains from the tar pits. She was found alongside a grinding stone and may have been buried in the tar.
The spice trade involved historical civilizations in Asia, Northeast Africa and Europe. Spices, such as cinnamon, cassia, cardamom, ginger, pepper, nutmeg, star anise, clove, and turmeric, were known and used in antiquity and traded in the Eastern World. [ 1 ] These spices found their way into the Near East before the beginning of the Christian ...
Scientists in California shooting nearly 200 lasers at a cylinder holding a fuel capsule the size of a peppercorn have taken another step in the quest for fusion energy, which, if mastered, could ...
Human foot found on Everest may hold key to one of mountaineering’s greatest mysteries. Issy Ronald, CNN. October 11, 2024 at 8:12 AM. Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter.
3 March 2011. (2011-03-03) The Spice Trail is a British television documentary series first broadcast on BBC Two in 2011 looking at the discovery and history of spices. Presented by Kate Humble, she travels around the world to see how spices are made and investigates their history. She also tells stories and interviews the people from the areas ...
SUDBURY — Dan Peppercorn once read that laughter is the shortest distance between people.. Call him a believer. The 49-year-old Sudbury resident is a former all-state high school athlete and ...
Schinus molle is a quick growing evergreen tree that grows up to 15 meters (50 feet) tall and wide. [ 6 ] It is the largest of all Schinus species and potentially the longest lived. [ 10 ] The upper branches of the tree tend to droop. [ 6 ] The tree's pinnately compound leaves measure 8–25 cm long × 4–9 cm wide and are made up of 19–41 ...