It is a common misconception that aspirin is found in the bark of the willow tree. A related compound called salicin does indeed occur in willow bark, thereby explaining the use of the bark as a...
That鈥檚 an interesting question. How lettuce turns brown is well known. But why this happens is a different story. Let's deal with the how first. The chemistry that takes place when lettuce leaves...
Take some corn syrup, water, flour, red food dye and blue food dye. Blend these ingredients together in the right ratio and you鈥檒l have a great batch of fake blood! It won鈥檛 be of any good for...
鈥淎u鈥� is also the chemical symbol for the element. 鈥淎urora鈥� was the Roman goddess of the dawn and her name became associated with gold because of the colour of the sky at dawn. Ian Fleming named his...
No. We do not breathe through our skin. James Bond seemingly was unaware of this fact given that after discovering the golden corpse he tells M: 鈥淪he died of skin suffocation, it鈥檚 been known to...
