When I tell people I am a chemist the most common response is, “Oh man, I hated that in school, especially organic chemistry!” That's an...

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...

I am a scientist. Here is me pretending that life in lab is just as I had imagined it as a child...lab coat, frizzy hair, flasks of colore...

I had planned to post my favorite quote from one of my favorite scientists, Richard Feynman , when I discovered that the fine folks at the S...

I recently made a chemical that smelled extremely familiar, but after numerous wafts, I couldn't quite tell what it reminded me of. ...

Recently the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency sent a spaceship to an asteroid named Itokawa .  A spaceship  to an asteroid !!  As if t...