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Science Finally Understands How Cereal Gets Soggy
Science

Science Finally Understands How Cereal Gets Soggy

By Alexandra Ossola

How to Tell If A Diamond Was Grown In A Lab
Technology

How to Tell If A Diamond Was Grown In A Lab

By Rebecca Harrington

Where do trans fats come from, and why are they so bad?
Health

Where do trans fats come from, and why are they so bad?

By Alexandra Ossola

New Diet Pill Works In Mice By Making Them Digest Without Eating
Health

New Diet Pill Works In Mice By Making Them Digest Without Eating

By Francie Diep

Infographic: Which Elements Are Found In The Earth, Sun, Sea, And You
Science

Infographic: Which Elements Are Found In The Earth, Sun, Sea, And You

By Francie Diep

Conquer Cold With DIY Hand Warmers
DIY

Conquer Cold With DIY Hand Warmers

By Sophie Bushwick

Inventors Of Ultra-High-Res Microscopes Snag Nobel Prize In Chemistry
Technology

Inventors Of Ultra-High-Res Microscopes Snag Nobel Prize In Chemistry

By Loren Grush

CDC Maps Show Which States Prescribe The Most Opioids
Health

CDC Maps Show Which States Prescribe The Most Opioids

By Francie Diep

Q&A: The Engineer Who Wants To Power The World With Carbs
Environment

Q&A: The Engineer Who Wants To Power The World With Carbs

By Francie Diep

Heating Water To 600 Degrees Celsius In One Trillionth Of A Second
Science

Heating Water To 600 Degrees Celsius In One Trillionth Of A Second

By Francie Diep

FYI: Why Do Leaves Turn Different Colors?
Science

FYI: Why Do Leaves Turn Different Colors?

By Daniel Engber

The 6 Best Science Lessons From Breaking Bad
Science

The 6 Best Science Lessons From Breaking Bad

By Colin Lecher

Chemistry’s Biggest Loser: Official Atomic Weights Change For 19 Elements
Science

Chemistry’s Biggest Loser: Official Atomic Weights Change For 19 Elements

By Francie Diep

Chemical Analysis Finds A Whiskey’s Unique Fingerprint
Science

Chemical Analysis Finds A Whiskey’s Unique Fingerprint

By Francie Diep

Chemist Says BuzzFeeá´… Article About Food Chemistry Has “Serial Stupidities”
Science

Chemist Says BuzzFeeá´… Article About Food Chemistry Has “Serial Stupidities”

By Dan Nosowitz

Why Having A Liquid Nitrogen Pool Party Is A Bad Idea
Health

Why Having A Liquid Nitrogen Pool Party Is A Bad Idea

By Francie Diep

Technology

Video: Plunging Hot Charcoal Into Liquid Oxygen

By Colin Lecher

First Images Of How A Molecule’s Structure Changes In A Reaction
Science

First Images Of How A Molecule’s Structure Changes In A Reaction

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Cornstarch Replaces Cyanide In Clean New Gold Extraction Method
Science

Cornstarch Replaces Cyanide In Clean New Gold Extraction Method

By Rebecca Boyle

Dear Schools: Stop Treating Science-Curious Kids Like Criminals
DIY

Dear Schools: Stop Treating Science-Curious Kids Like Criminals

By Dave Mosher

Eating Boogers Could Be Good For You
Health

Eating Boogers Could Be Good For You

By Shaunacy Ferro

West, Texas Explosion
Science

What Is Anhydrous Ammonia, The Chemical At The Site Of The West, Texas, Explosion?

By Colin Lecher

How Thatcher The Chemist Helped Make Thatcher The Politician
Science

How Thatcher The Chemist Helped Make Thatcher The Politician

By Colin Lecher

Watch This Absolutely Beautiful Animated Explanation Of DNA
Science

Watch This Absolutely Beautiful Animated Explanation Of DNA

By Colin Lecher

Researchers Create A ‘Google Map’ Of The Human Metabolism
Health

Researchers Create A ‘Google Map’ Of The Human Metabolism

By Shaunacy Ferro

Food Coloring Goes Under The Microscope In This Collection Of Stunning Crystal Imagery
Health

Food Coloring Goes Under The Microscope In This Collection Of Stunning Crystal Imagery

By Clay Dillow

FYI: What Do Forensic Chemists Do, And Why Would They Cheat?
Science

FYI: What Do Forensic Chemists Do, And Why Would They Cheat?

By Krislyn Placide

Which City Has The Most Nobel Prize Winners? [Infographic]
Science

Which City Has The Most Nobel Prize Winners? [Infographic]

By Colin Lecher

What ‘Earth-Shaking’ Evidence Did The Mars Rover Curiosity Just Find?
Science

What ‘Earth-Shaking’ Evidence Did The Mars Rover Curiosity Just Find?

By Rebecca Boyle

FYI: Can You Make An Authentic Twinkie At Home?
Science

FYI: Can You Make An Authentic Twinkie At Home?

By Colin Lecher

7 Amazing Ways Nanotechnology Is Changing The World
Technology

7 Amazing Ways Nanotechnology Is Changing The World

By Rebecca Boyle

FYI: Why Does Salt Water Make Hurricane Damage So Much Worse?
Science

FYI: Why Does Salt Water Make Hurricane Damage So Much Worse?

By Colin Lecher

Japanese Team Claims Discovery Of Elusive Element 113, And May Get To Name It
Science

Japanese Team Claims Discovery Of Elusive Element 113, And May Get To Name It

By Rebecca Boyle

Can We Reengineer Ourselves to Cope With the Effects of Climate Change?
Environment

Can We Reengineer Ourselves to Cope With the Effects of Climate Change?

By Amber Williams

How The Human Nose Helps Chemists Analyze Flavor
Science

How The Human Nose Helps Chemists Analyze Flavor

By Arielle Johnson

10-Year-Old Accidentally Creates New Molecule in Science Class
Science

10-Year-Old Accidentally Creates New Molecule in Science Class

By Dan Nosowitz

International Scientists Race to Create the Heaviest Element in the Universe
Science

International Scientists Race to Create the Heaviest Element in the Universe

By Sean Kane

New Theory on World Trade Center Collapse Blames Explosive Chemical Reaction
Technology

New Theory on World Trade Center Collapse Blames Explosive Chemical Reaction

By Clay Dillow

Gray Matter: Easy DIY Gunpowder
DIY

Gray Matter: Easy DIY Gunpowder

By Theodore Gray

Largest DNA-Based Computer Ever Built Can Calculate Square Roots
Science

Largest DNA-Based Computer Ever Built Can Calculate Square Roots

By Rebecca Boyle

Hydrocarbons Could Form Deep In the Earth From Methane, Not Animal Remains
Science

Hydrocarbons Could Form Deep In the Earth From Methane, Not Animal Remains

By Rebecca Boyle

Can Our DNA Electromagnetically ‘Teleport’ Itself? One Researcher Thinks So
Science

Can Our DNA Electromagnetically ‘Teleport’ Itself? One Researcher Thinks So

By Clay Dillow

The Largest Molecule Ever Made Could Be Used to Deliver Drugs
Science

The Largest Molecule Ever Made Could Be Used to Deliver Drugs

By Rebecca Boyle

Where International Standard Units Come From, Part Four: The Mole
Science

Where International Standard Units Come From, Part Four: The Mole

By Sam Kean

Gray Matter: In Which I Set Myself On Fire
DIY

Gray Matter: In Which I Set Myself On Fire

By Theodore Gray

Gray Matter: In Which I Fully Submerge My Hand in Liquid Nitrogen [Video]
DIY

Gray Matter: In Which I Fully Submerge My Hand in Liquid Nitrogen [Video]

By Theodore Gray

Newly Discovered Element 112 Named “Copernicum”
Science

Newly Discovered Element 112 Named “Copernicum”

By Stuart Fox

What’s It Like to Name An Element on the Periodic Table?
Science

What’s It Like to Name An Element on the Periodic Table?

By Stuart Fox

A white woman with short black-and-gray hair looking excited behind a chocolate bundt cake with a large slice taken out of it.
DIY

A scientific approach to dessert

By M. Farbman

A burning pile of magnesium expelling white smoke against a dark blue background, with a fire extinguisher nozzle nearby setting it on fire.
DIY

Let burning metals lie

By Theodore Gray