Saliva contains an enzyme called Amylase. When Amylase is combined with starch, which you can find in for example rice, it creates sugar. To create alcohol one only needs to combine sugar and yeast.
Spit cleaning isn’t just for shoeshiners. Documentation of spit cleaning as an art conservation technique goes back as far as the 18th century , and today it is used worldwide by conservators in a...
Poo is rich in carbon, and carbon is used to generate energy. So why doesn’t anyone retrieve this carbon from our poo? Truth is that poo is a nasty product; no one wants to have anything to do with...
Inés’ practice experiments with chemistry, biology and physics. Her works involve collecting breath and making crystals out of saliva. During the process of making these works she has taken on the...
While menstruation blood is seen as waste, food is almost seen as the opposite, a necessity that’s always present and welcome. How can these two be brought together? Cecile makes it happen in her...
Meet Helen, an unusual girl with unusual tastes. SECRETOPIA's first event!
