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Roger Bacon, Gunpowder and Virgins

26 Feb 2025

In the 1960's the Dupont Company adopted the slogan: "Better Living Through Chemistry." The catchy motto quickly caught on in an era when science reigned supreme. The space race had captured...

It鈥檚 Hermetically Sealed!

19 Feb 2025

According to Greek mythology, Hermes moved freely between the worlds of the mortal and the divine and it was his job to conduct souls into the afterlife. He was quick and cunning, often outwitting...

An Ode to Chocolate

12 Feb 2025

I have always liked chocolate. I grew up on it. Every morning my mother blended a heaping spoonful of cocoa powder with a little milk, some sugar and a touch of salt (to decrease the bitterness)....

The Male Musk Deer Owes Gratitude to Chemistry

29 Jan 2025

Arab perfumers in the sixth century were the first to discover that diluting the obnoxious smelling dried contents of the little pod found near the anus of the male Asian musk deer not only...

Vitamins Are Vital To Life

23 Jan 2025

The term 鈥渇ood accessory factor鈥 was coined by British biochemist Frederick Gowland Hopkins in 1906 after he demonstrated that rats fed a diet of proteins, fats, carbohydrates and minerals failed...

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