Basically, glass that keeps you safe from flying shards should you be nearby when it breaks. There are two types of safety glass, laminated and tempered. The laminated version has an interesting...
In 1942 nylon went to war. American paratroopers dropped from the sky with nylon parachutes and hunkered down in nylon tents. Soldiers on leave hoped to seduce European women with gifts of nylon...
In many households, 7:00 pm is time for Jeopardy (although these days, with video recording and repeats on Netflix, any time can be Jeopardy time). For thirty-seven years many of us have invited...
If you think back to the 60鈥檚 and 70鈥檚 your memories are probably illuminated by a lamp filled with swirling globs of colourful goop that really didn鈥檛 shed much light at all....
There are two myths that are a constant irritation in the fight against pseudoscience. One is the equating of the term 鈥渃hemical鈥� with 鈥渢oxin,鈥� the other is the suggestion that 鈥渘atural鈥� substances...
The new Pope, we now learn, once worked as a chemist.聽It is interesting then to note that his selection was signaled through some nifty chemistry. The smoke signals used during the conclave are...
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