This Day in Science History - June 2 - Nils Sefström
June 2nd is Nils Gabriel Sefström's birthday. Sefström was the Swedish chemist who re-discovered the element vanadium in 1830.
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This Day in Science History - June 1 - Werner Forssmann
June 1st marks the passing of Werner Forssmann. He was a German physician who first inserted a catheter into a person directly into the heart. He was also the first ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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How TNT Pop Its Snappers Work
In case you were wondering, TNT Pop Its don't contain TNT. That is simply their brand name. Pop Its are trick noisemaker "rocks", commonly seen around the 4th of July ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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The Singing Spoon
Do you know how to make an ordinary metal spoon sing or scream? The easiest way is ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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Homemade Dippin Dots Ice Cream
Did you know you can make your own Dippin Dots ice cream? It's actually a simple variation of the classic liquid nitrogen project. You can make these for fun, part ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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How an Ice Cream Soda or Float Works
An ice cream soda or ice cream float (called a spider in Australia and New Zealand) is made by adding soda pop or seltzer to ice cream. Some people add ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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This Day in Science History - May 31 - European Space Agency
On May 31, 1975 eleven European nations pooled their resources and formed the European Space Agency. The ESA was formed to advance scientific discovery and exploration. They partner with ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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Blue Color Change Demo You Can Do at Home
You don't need a chemistry lab to perform a dramatic color change chemistry demonstration. Make a pale blue solution. Add another chemical and watch the solution form a precipitate and ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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This Day in Science History - May 30 - Aleksei Leonov
May 30th is Aleksei Arkhipovich Leonov's birthday. Leonov was one of the original team of Soviet cosmonauts and was the first man to leave the spacecraft and take a spacewalk. ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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This Day in Science History - May 29 - Peter Higgs
May 29th is Peter Higgs birthday. Higgs is a British physicist who proposed in 1964 a particle responsible for the origin of mass. This particle is known as the Higgs ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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How to Remove Fluoride from Drinking Water
Most people are aware there is a controversy surrounding fluoridation of public drinking water. Some people want it removed; some people want to add it to their unfluoridated water. Here ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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Colored Smoke Recipes
I get asked a lot whether the recipes that you can find online for making colored smoke bombs actually work. Yes, they do, but... you have to keep in mind ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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Homemade Solution to Transfer Ink - Temporary Tattoos
Here's a quick chemistry project for you. Mix up some of this ink transfer solution, brush it onto a comic or glossy magazine picture, and press paper or a t-shirt ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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This Day in Science History - May 28 - Pakistan Goes Nuclear
On May 28, 1998, Pakistan responded to their neighbor India's test of five nuclear devices on May 11 and 13 with five of their own. Pakistan's Atomic Energy Commission reported ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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