From Reactions. Still working on a way to get a holographic cocktail… #holographic #shorts #diffraction

From Reactions. if you really want to be pedantic, it’s called closed-cell extruded polystyrene foam, not Styrofoam™ #styrofoam #acetone #polarity

From Reactions. There’s been an increase of manufacturers cutting honey with corn syrup or cane sugar. This week Alex takes to the lab and investigates the stable isotopes in 20 different honeys to see if they contain pure honey or have been adulterated. Criminal Podcast: https://thisiscriminal.com/episode-281-big-fish-8-16-2024/ Producers: Andrew Sobey Elaine Seward Darren Weaver Writer: Alex…

From Reactions. #chemistry #holographic #foodscience

From Reactions. Don’t eat any lab chemicals, really. But especially elemental magnesium. #chemistry #iron #cereal

From Reactions. and it’s the first ever carbon-boron triple bond #shorts #carbon #bonds

From Reactions. If you rub two identical balloons together, they both pick up a static charge. This strange and unexpected behavior has been documented in the scientific literature and remains fundamentally unexplained to this day. But when George tries the experiment, he stumbles into something that – to the best of his knowledge – has…

From Reactions. new bunsen burner unlocked #eggshell #calciumacetate #chemistry

From Reactions. it’s all about that dipole, baby #hydrogenbonding #molecules #chemistry

From Reactions. In February 2025, a number of running world records were absolutely demolished by athletes who claimed they gained an edge through a common kitchen ingredient: baking soda. It sounds like pseudoscience, but incredibly, this trick might actually work… or make you violently ill. So of course, Alex had to try it. If you’re…

From Reactions. need to pull some sugar out of solution? Just use some everclear. #crystallization #hydrogenbonding #shorts

From Reactions. It’s all about the membrane. #osmosis #chemistry #renewableenergy

From Reactions. Well, we do understand how ice forms if it’s really, really pure, not touching anything, and is super cold like -38ish° C. But if the water has something dissolved in it or is touching anything, you know, almost all the water on the planet, we don’t have a great understanding of how this…

From Reactions. If Passover Coke is made with cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup, then why is glucose present? #passover #cocacola #glucose

From Reactions. Check out Weathered and the PBS Earth Month Playlist: When seawater and freshwater mix, a surprising amount of energy is released. Norway tried to capture this energy using an osmotic power plant, but the plant mysteriously and abruptly shut down. Join George as he tries to figure out why using dialysis tubing, toilet…

From Reactions. cornstarch packing peanuts are not food grade and shockingly not delicious. you’d probably be fine if you eat them, but don’t. #cornstrach #packingpeanuts #styrofoam

From Reactions. The Mpemba Effect happens when hot water freezes quicker than room temperature water, or does it? Alex goes on an exhaustive journey to replicate the Mpemba effect and hits a few snags on the way, including a paper being released the week this video was supposed to come out. Does this paper finally…