Chemicals & Chemistry

I recently wrote about hexanitrogen, perhaps the world's most perfect rocket fuel, and a seriously bizarre molecule that decomposes like

Join Cameron English, Dr. Chuck Dinerstein and Dr. Josh Bloom on Episode 128 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:

Soap making can be traced back to a few ancient precursors, specifically the Mesopotamians and Egyptians, but the Gauls really sent it-- mixing animal fat and beech or elm ash to make paste that gave their hair a reddish glow.

It's a Friday summer weekend. Brain is fried. Concentration, which isn't all that swift on a good day, is... what's that word? Which means that it's a good time to do something fun. 

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Join Cameron English and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on Episode 122 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:

Join Cameron English and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on Episode 120 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:

It's impossible to watch the news lately (perhaps, at all) without seeing photos of bazillions of shiny centrifuges all in a row. But do you understand why they are there and what they're doing?

You don't need to be a rocket scientist to know a little about...rocket science.

Join Cameron English and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on Episode 119 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss: