In my last post I showed how my skillet was coated in liquid after a short stay in my pre-heating oven. I guessed that the liquid was wate...

In my ever-continuing quest to become an actual adult, I have recently begun to cook. I use a real oven and everything! In my usual encoun...

Travel with me back in time, when humans were first beginning to wonder things like "What the hell is the world around me made of anyho...

So far we have learned what gives pee its color and smell , and now we will delve into the explosive way pee has changed the course of his...

When you heat a can of beans on a campfire, you are transforming the chemical energy contained in the firewood into thermal energy (heat).  ...

When sitting around a campfire I almost always find myself silently staring, mesmerized by the smoldering ashes.  Once I snap out of it, ins...

Entry #2 in my "why fire is cool" list starts with a brief introduction to charcoal and ends with humanity being changed forever. ...

If I were to start a "why fire is cool" list, it would probably reach a length to rival my "ultimate band name" list.  F...

I was thinking about buying some flares off this guy at a yard sale. He was wearing a hat that looked like this: I wondered aloud abo...

Last year in lab, this guy got burnt semi-badly when his oil bath caught fire (actually this story has the odd quirk that I never saw the gu...