Tag: Mixing

You Asked: mixing AV brands and the best headphones for TV

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In this installment of You Asked: Should you stick with the same electronics brand, or is it OK to mix brands? What are the best headphones for quietly listening to a TV? Which big TV has the best sound quality? And who needs a line conditioner or surge protector? All those topics and more are coming right up!

Mixing TV & Soundbar Brands, Best Headphones for Watching TV | You Asked Ep. 30

Should AV components be the same brand?

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Mixing up root microbes can boost tea’s flavor

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Researchers may have gotten to the root of tea’s soothing effect.

The quality of a cup of chai can be enriched by modifying the microbial community that populates the plant’s roots, researchers report February 15 in Current Biology. The secret is to inoculate roots with bacteria that boost the synthesis of the amino acid theanine.

There’s something in tea that helps us wind down, says Zhenbiao Yang, a plant cell biologist at the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology in

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Mixing trees and crops can help both farmers and the climate

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Maxwell Ochoo’s first attempt at farming was a dismal failure.

In Ochieng Odiere, a village near the shores of Kenya’s Lake Victoria, “getting a job is a challenge,” the 34-year-old says. To earn some money and help feed his family, he turned to farming. In 2017, he planted watermelon seeds on his 0.7-hectare plot.

Right when the melons were set to burst from their buds and balloon into juicy orbs, a two-month dry spell hit, and Ochoo’s fledgling watermelons withered.

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