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Caffeine: The Motivation Molecule | Inside Adams: Science, Technology & Business | Library of Congress
October 28, 2022, by Nate Smith 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine (C8H10N4O2), also known as caffeine, is the most commonly used psychoactive drug in the world. Potentially, you’ve consumed more than 100 mg by the time you’re reading this post. While the average is about 135 mg per day according to Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health,…
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Is science stuck? The “Great Stagnation Debate,” explained | Salon.com
By Michael Bhaskar, Published November 26, 2021 2:00PM (EST) For most of history, it was by no means obvious what was an irreducible material — what we now call a chemical element. But investigators discovered the building blocks of the universe and, in so doing, built an extraordinary foundational account of chemistry. This history displays…
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Chemists officially name four new elements, and here they are — BGR
¶ DrWeb: Man the Maker.. if we can create new elements in the Universe, why can’t we “go where no one has gone, before”? The periodic table just got some new members, as the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has officially accepted new names for four elements. Element numbers 113, 115, 117 and…
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Stinks, Bangs and Booms: The Rise and Fall of the Chemistry Set
Learn about the evolution of the chemistry set throughout history, from the Young Chemists Pocket Companion in 1797 to modern kits. Source: Stinks, Bangs and Booms: The Rise and Fall of the Chemistry Set
