Science
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Science
#AskAChemist: Does a rose by any other name smell as sweet?
Want to know more about the chemicals that make the Damask Rose (Rosa damascena) smelly? Check out this great post from @PictureItChem, from the University of Bristol’s School of Chemistry. _________ Have a chemistry question? Ask a chemist! _________ featured image made by the author using PowerPoint
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Events
Why We’ll March Against March Against Monsanto, Part 1
I’ll get right to it. I’ve grown weary of the antics of March Against Monsanto. Along with two of my friends, I’ve started a movement to oppose the misinformation this organization propagates. Known as MAMAM, our acronym stands for both “March Against March Against Monsanto,” and “March Against Myths About Modification.” March Against Monsanto’s Wikipedia page describes it as follows:…
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Feminism
A trio of badass scientists you should know
Want to know more about Mary Sherman Morgan? Check out her son George Morgan’s book ‘Rocket Girl‘. See ‘African-American Women Chemists‘ by Jeanette Brown, M.S. for more about Alice Ball and two dozen other pioneers – including Brown’s own tale. UNL’s very own Dr. Mark Griep, Associate Professor of Chemistry, has written an ‘Easy and Lucid Guide to a Knowledge…
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Featured
Playing with Legos at Work!
Over the last few weeks we’ve been spending a lot of time here at the University of Oslo putting together a Lego model of the ATLAS detector. The ATLAS detector is one of the four main particle detectors sitting on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva. The ATLAS experiment was one of the two main experiments involved…
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Meta Stuff
Skepchick Sundaylies! Women Ruin Everything, The Brain Thief, and Anti-Vax Parents
Sunday Funny: Right Angles (via Tree Lobsters) Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 127: Kinetic-Molecular Model of Ideal Gases, Part 2 Mindy continues trying to parse the kinetic-molecular model of idea gases. The Not So Beautiful Game, Step 9: In Which Our Narrator Blames Everything on a Woman and is Horrified by Mental Illness In which women are girls who…
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When Curiosity Kills
Science is a tool, and is inherently about understanding and knowledge. But science has also been used to destroy, a topic often explored in science fiction. Science is a double-edged sword, and science fiction sometimes becomes science reality. The history of science is riddled with brilliant scientists making discoveries that have changed the course of history, but learning how to manipulate…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! Ideal Gases, Digital Footprints, and a Defense of Going Gluten Free
Sunday Funny: Gut Fauna (via xkcd) Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 126: Kinetic-Molecular Model of Ideal Gases, Part 1 Mindy learns how to apply Newton’s laws of motion to a bunch of gas molecules. School of Doubt On the Market II: Digital Footprints Dan is skeptical of advice suggesting that academics consolidate and curate their online presence. Grounded Parents…
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Science
Clove oil in your sexual lubricant?
I am a big fan of do-it-yourself (DIY) personal care products. Body scrubs, hair conditioners, face masks – just a few things I’ve whipped up at home on the cheap. Why? Perhaps because I’m a chemist. Definitely because I’m cheap. I’m always on the look-out for recipes to review and try. Enter Good‘s tweet from last night… How to make…
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