One of the single most useful and versatile chemicals I have in my kitchen pantry is a box of sodium bicarbonate, also known as baking soda...

I came across this story in the Sydney Morning Herald this morning, "A make-or-break moment for what may be a new molecule". Sound...

Scientists at the University of Guelph have found that omega-3s from fish are better at preventing cancer than omega-3s from plants. ...

What makes a chemical reaction spontaneous? If I add hydrochloric acid (HCl (aq) ) to metallic magnesium (Mg (s) ), bubbles of hydrogen gas...

Triclosan is an organic compound used as an antibacterial and antifungal agent in some products. The structure of triclosan is given below ...

This morning I read a story in the Sydney Morning Herald, "Bunnings to pull pesticide allegedly linked to bee deaths".  According ...

People can eat interesting things. In the 1960s in Australia, Leon Samson was eating razor blades to amuse audiences, he even started to ea...