This Day in Science History - May 22 - Apollo 10
On May 22, 1969, NASA's Apollo 10 mission conducted the lunar module separation test and orbited the moon as a dress rehearsal for the Apollo 11 moon landing in July. ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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Patriotic Colored Liquid Layers - Red, White & Blue Density Column
There's just something cool about layering colored liquids! This particular density column shows off the red, white and blue colors, plus (of course) you can light it on fire. I've ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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Health Risk from Butter-Flavored Popcorn
Did you know you can get a condition called "popcorn lung" from breathing the artificial butter flavoring from microwave popcorn? The artificial butter flavoring is a naturally-occurring chemical called diacetyl. ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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Cool Liquid Nitrogen Activities
Liquid nitrogen is literally cool! If you get hold of some, I expect you to be creative coming up with things to do with it. However, what if you're stumped ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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This Day in Science History - May 21 - EKG and EEG
May 21st was the birthday of two men who invented two electric diagnostic devices that are often confused with each other. The EEG, or electroencephalogram device, was invented by German ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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Keep Up With What's New in Chemistry
Have you been following the latest in chemistry via About.com's Chemistry blog? As About.com launches a new site design, the blog will be replaced with the latest articles published to ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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Chemistry Test Bank
Here's a chemistry test bank you can use for writing tests or to practice chemistry problems. If you have specific problem types you would like to see covered, post a ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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Why Mercury Is a Liquid
Mercury is the only metal that is a liquid at normal temperatures and pressure. What makes mercury so special? Basically, it's because mercury is bad at sharing... electrons, that is.Most ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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This Day in Science History - May 20 - Eduard Buchner
May 20th is Eduard Buchner's birthday. Buchner was a German chemist who worked with the process of alcohol fermentation. Fermentation is the process that occurs when a carbohydrate like sugar ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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Make a Homemade Roman Candle Firework
A Roman candle is a tube-shaped firework that shoots colored balls into the air. This type of firework is straightforward to make, plus you can customize it and experiment with ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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This Day in Science History - May 19 - Comet Armeggedon?
Some people believed the world would end on May 19, 1910. The most famous comet, Halley's Comet, had returned to the night sky and would pass so close to the ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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Make Invisible Ink
Sometimes people tell me they can't do any science projects because they don't have any chemicals. There are some activities that don't require any chemicals you don't already have. A ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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This Day in Science History - May 18 - Thomas Midgley, Jr
May 18th is the birthday of the man who brought us two chemicals that had profound effects on our environment, Thomas Midgley, Jr. He was an American mechanical engineer and ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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Firebreathing How To
You don't have to join the circus to learn how to breathe fire. See how using a simple kitchen ingredient allows you to try firebreathing yourself, safely. Learn how... (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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This Day in Science History - May 17 - Edward Jenner
May 17th is Edward Jenner's birthday. Jenner was the English physician who noticed milk maids who had been infected with cowpox seemed to never contract the more serious disease, smallpox. ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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