Chemistry
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Amuse-Bouche: MSG + Umami Burgers
The food additive known as MSG has long been associated with “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome,” a blanket term that describes negative…
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Amuse-Bouche: Preservation + Duck Confit
I started cooking Christmas dinner today. I should have started sooner, but even so it will be plenty tasty come December…
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Amuse-Bouche: Tryptophan + Turkey Curry
As a kitchen nerd, I love Thanksgiving. I appreciate the messages about being thankful for what we have, but let’s…
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Happy Mole Day!
Mole Day is celebrated every year on 10/23, between 6:02am and 6:02pm. And why is this day special? Because a…
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Making Apple Pie From Scratch
A wise man once suggested that if you truly want to make an apple pie from scratch, you had to…
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Citizen Scientry
You might have read the other week about the breakthrough in AIDS research. A problem that had hounded scientists for decades was…
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Madame Curie: Now With 100% More Haz-Mat Protection!
Below the fold is my contribution to the Mad Art Lab Paper Doll Craze of 2011 (Summer Edition). I was…
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Microscopic Science Art
Did you know there’s such a thing as scientific glassblowing? Apparently a lot of those swirly glass tubes and bendy…
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