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Maillard Reaction Powers Toast and Tan
- The Maillard reaction causes bread to brown when toasted and also enables fake tan to work using dihydroxyacetone (DHA).
- This reaction occurs between amino acids and sugars, producing the browning effect in both skin and food.
Ginger's Fake Tan Experience
- Hannah Fry shares her personal experience as a naturally very pale ginger using fake tan to look less translucent.
- She notes that fake tan can make very pale skin look more like typical pale skin.
Japan Doubles Its Islands Count
- Japan recently doubled its count of islands from about 6,800 to over 14,000 by using modern digital mapping.
- Many of these islands are small and may challenge definitions of what counts as an island versus a rock.