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Bubbling Over With Science

9 Jul 2024

Bottled soft drinks that lose their fizz also lose their appeal. But it seems technology has come to the rescue with the 鈥淔izz Keeper.鈥 This little pump can be fitted into the neck of the bottle...

Pick A Card, Any Card!

26 Jun 2024

The curtain went up in 鈥淗eller鈥檚 Wonder Theatre鈥 on Broadway to reveal a blindfolded lady comfortably seated center stage. A volunteer from the audience was solicited to 鈥減ick a card, any card!鈥...

Why Scary Lab Accidents Happen

21 Jun 2024

If a chemist has never been in a lab accident, he has been lucky. Of course, luck is more likely to come to those whose mentors have learned from bad experiences and to those who have taken...

From 鈥淚ron Fallout鈥 to Hair Permanents

19 Jun 2024

For most people a car is just a vehicle that gets them from one place to another, and as far as cleanliness is concerned, occasionally driving through a car wash is good enough. But some...

The Chemistry of Inks: Old and New

7 Jun 2024

When we write the old-fashioned way, with ink on paper, we rarely think of the pen鈥檚 ingredients. For hundreds of years聽gall ink聽was used to produce documents such as Shakespeare鈥檚 will and the U.S...

The Canadian Connection to the American Greenback

4 Jun 2024

The green in American paper bills is chromium oxide, a refined version of chromite, a naturally occurring ore in the Earth鈥檚 crust. This ore is also the source of chromium metal which is produced...

Media Has an Expiration Date

31 May 2024

The tragedy occurred as I was rewatching the final season of聽Six Feet Under, arguably the best television series ever made....

Processed Foods Have Many Faces

17 May 2024

This article was first published in聽The Montreal Gazette.

Methylene Chloride Can Strip Paint but Can Also Strip Years Off Your Life

15 May 2024

The culprit in this heinous crime was methylene chloride, also known as dichloromethane, a liquid that easily evaporates and can be readily inhaled. Even minimal inhalation can cause light...

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