We share our body with bacteria. They live in our mouth, on our skin and mostly in our digestive tract. There are up to a thousand different varieties, and their total number, some 100 trillion, is...
Cream of tartar is close to the heart of any organic chemist because the study of this compound by Louis Pasteur in 1848 was pivotal in leading to the understanding of the three dimensional...
Halloween is a time when witches fly, black cats prowl and zombies rise from the grave.聽 But it is also a time for magic.聽 No, not supernatural charms, spells or incantations but the time honoured...
Smells of course are caused by volatile compounds which stimulate receptors in our nose. There is a large variety of such compounds with a great diversity of molecular structures. But many of the...
"That's the way the cookie crumbles!"聽 How often have you heard that expression?聽 It is usually a statement of disappointment which may be paraphrased as "tough luck."聽 But why does a cookie...
鈥淟aughter is the best medicine!鈥� That鈥檚 an old adage, maybe even dating back to the biblical era. The book of Proverbs in the Old Testament proposes that 鈥渁聽 merry heart doeth good like a medicine:...
