Why do people cuddle? According to a slew of media reports, that answer lies in oxytocin, dubbed either the 鈥渃uddle chemical鈥 or the 鈥渓ove hormone.鈥 English pharmacologist and neurophysiologist Sir...
Not having carried out a proper scientific investigation in the kitchen, I can鈥檚 safe for sure, but I would doubt it makes a difference. Let鈥檚 delve into a little onion chemistry which will of...
Sugar is sweet and sticky.聽聽That鈥檚 a fact.聽聽In fact, during the reign of Edward the Confessor in the early eleventh century, "ale tasters" were employed to check on the work of brewers.聽聽They would...
The extract contains cantharidin,聽聽a substance that supposedly increases sexual desire.聽Not only does it not do that, it may eliminate all desire permanently.聽When ingested, cantharidin can kill....
As a chemistry professor, I find it particularly appalling when a member of the profession goes astray. That is just what Professor Bradley Allen Rowland did at Henderson State University in...
We do get some interesting questions. The Lone Ranger was a television series that ran from 1949 to 1957 and recounted the adventures of a former Texas Ranger who with his companion, the Native...