Why are testicles (=balls) used as a metaphor for courage? It would hardly create a useful chain of dialogue if you said to a guy “Hey, you got balls!” (“Yeah, I know. So what? Do you need one?”); you can only say this to a girl or a woman if you want to make it sound...

How can one make tofu taste good when cooking stir-fry or curries at home? I will get grilled for this, I know: Do what (most of) the restaurants do: add monosodium glutamate. Chicken – like any meat – contains fat that is "carrying" taste and also gets caramelised on the...

What makes death so difficult to bear? The mean thing about death (as opposed to dying) is that its fallout remains solely restricted and reserved to those who live on. Together with being born, being unconscious and being asleep, death belongs to the few experiences in life we are unable to...