THE fleshy endocarp of the blood orange, a variety of sweet orange, Citrus sinensis, contains a water-soluble red pigment which Matlack 1 showed to be anthocyanin in nature.

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Blood oranges have a very short season in late winter. Make the most of their thrilling, spicy tartness while you can. Substitute ordinary oranges with blood oranges - they can be used in ...

In time for Halloween, we present seven terrifying cosmic monsters — and to meet your thirst for scares, we've added ...

I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. A local orange dwarf star has a 90 percent probability of passing within the orbit of our outer solar system’s Oort Cloud ...

The brightest star in the nighttime sky, Sirius, or the Dog Star, greatly outshines its white dwarf companion, Sirius B. At 8.6 light-years away, Sirius B is the nearest known white dwarf star to ...

In case the blood orange caramel cascading over this cake isn’t tempting enough, the tender crumb is also delicately perfumed with woodsy rosemary sugar. The combination of juicy mixed citrus ...

It is an industry that was supposed to be cleaned up, after the turn-of-the-millennium­ notoriety surrounding so-called blood or conflict ­diamonds—precious stones mined in African war zones ...

"Gliese 229B was considered the poster-child brown dwarf, and now we know we were wrong all along about the nature of the object. It's not one but two." A well-studied cosmic object has stunned ...

Each type of orange liqueur is made to a distinct recipe, so each will taste quite different. Be wary of substituting one orange liqueur for another, especially if a recipe calls for a specific ...