Author: Erin Elizabeth

“Is your refrigerator running? Well, you better go catch it!” Please tell me you remember that (lame) joke, most likely in response to how LOUD refrigerators used to be? But those days are on their way out, says Cooltech Applications. They have launched their first magnetic refrigeration system (MRS) for commercial use and it’s not your Mommas old rackety, energy-gobbling thing. From the article: “The system is based on the magnetocaloric effect, which states that the temperature of a material can be changed by exposing it to a magnetic field. As magnetocaloric materials in the system are put through a...

We’re curious what your thoughts are on circumcision. Did you know that besides baby boys in the Middle East and a few African tribes most boys in the world are not circumcised? From the article The Chief Rabbinate and both chief rabbis sent their condolences to the family and told media they had been in close contact with both the mohel who had performed the circumcision and the hospital doctors who were trying to save the baby’s life The rabbinate claimed (to Channel 2)  that the doctors at Holon’s Wolfson Hospital were able to allegedly confirm that the boy’s life-threatening...