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Did Apple just put Cardiologists Out of Work?

24 Jul 2018

Given that I鈥檓 not someone who is overly fond of new gadgets, the arrival of the new聽Apple Watch 3聽didn鈥檛 really make that much of an impression on me. But a new feature of this latest Apple Watch...

Fingerprick Blood Sugar Tests: How They Work and Why We Still Use Them

17 Jul 2018

We are living in the future. We have robotic personal assistants, watches that replace credit cards, phones that recognize our faces, and self driving cars are just around the corner. But for all...

The Magic of Fireworks

4 Jul 2018

All fireworks rely on a combustion process that has three basic requirements: some sort of fuel to burn, a supply of oxygen, and a source of energy to initiate the reaction between the fuel and the...

The Most Important Industrial Chemical in the World鈥nd a Lesson Learned

3 Jul 2018

The thick liquid used to be called "oil of vitriol," since it was originally made by the distillation of "green vitriol," or iron sulfate as we know it today.聽 It was so corrosive and nasty that...

Safety and Chemistry of the Self-Cleaning Oven

18 Jun 2018

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Spaceships recycle everything... except astronaut's poop

13 Jun 2018

Astronauts inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide, just like you and me. On Earth, where exhaled air warmed by our bodies naturally rises away from us, the possibility of inhaling too much carbon...

Can "Dog Rocks" stop dogs from staining my lawn?

7 Jun 2018

鈥淒og Rocks鈥 are supposed to solve the problem of grass dying from dog pee. Urine contains a variety of nitrogen compounds, mostly metabolites of protein in food. These are effective fertilizers,...

You Can Still See the Division of East and West Berlin from Space

7 Jun 2018

Berlin might be united now, but evidence of its 40-year history of division still remains. ...

How Old is Everything?

24 May 2018

Everything has a birthday. It鈥檚 the same day, about 13.77 billion years ago. Scientists claim that they are 99% certain that this is the age of our entire universe. But how could they possibly know...

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