Unlike other thin pancakes, the Chernihiv version is cooked on the skillet and finished in the oven. There isn’t a gram of flour in them—the batter for Chernihiv nalysnyky is made from milk and sifted starch. The cheese filling is unusual too: like the batter, it contains a lot of eggs.
Ingredients for the batter: 10 eggs, 500 g of starch, 1 liter of milk, 5 tablespoons of sugar, 1 teaspoon of salt, 5 tablespoons of oil, and 200 g of butter for baking.
Ingredients for the filling: 1 kg of chees…

The “absent-minded professor,” often described as an evangelist for the exact sciences, held strong, sometimes surprising views on knowledge, faith, social justice, war, and politics. He rejected religious dogma and criticized capitalism, and he grounded many of his scientific conclusions in imagination and abstract thinking, drawing inspiration from sailing, his violin, and Mozart’s music.
That easygoing, eccentric air—his sense of humor and free spirit—found its clearest expression in his mos…

Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) will build a massive wind and solar power plant. This clean-energy company is a subsidiary of the Adani Group, the country’s largest coal importer and a leading coal producer. The renewable-energy division is managed by Sagar Adani, the nephew of Gautam Adani, the group’s owner and the richest person in Asia with a personal fortune of over $100 billion.
Sagar Adani told CNN that the power plant will be the largest in the world — five times bigger than Paris and …

Experts predict that an extraordinary “Godzilla El Niño” event could occur this year. Meteorologists and climate scientists use this unofficial term to describe an exceptionally powerful El Niño. The reference to Godzilla is not about the movie monster; it’s a metaphor for the event’s destructive potential.
With La Niña finally weakening, scientists are watching the Pacific closely. New models from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) show that sea surface temperatures…

Psychologists at the University of Southern Wales in Australia investigated why coulrophobia—the fear of clowns—shows up in children and adults across different cultures. The researchers set out to explore the nature of the phobia.
They developed a psychometric questionnaire to measure how common and how severe coulrophobia is. The survey included 987 volunteers ages 18 to 77.
More than half of respondents (53.5%) said they are afraid of clowns. Another 5% reported an intense fear of clowns.
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Harvard psychiatrists say the smartest moves are often the simplest. All it takes is one short question that can break the ice and reveal new dimensions of intimacy.
Even in the most harmonious couples, there can come a time when they hit an “emotional plateau.” We think we know everything about our partner, but needs can change because of life events, stress, or aging.
Dr. Ashwini Nadkarni, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, has a simple formula that helps couples …