Reactions is a show that uncovers the chemistry all around us.
From Reactions. Chemically speaking, you should hate the taste of cilantro. So those of you who have the superior genes that makes cilantro tastes like soap, here are your bragging rights. #cilantro #aldehydes #stinkbug #shorts
From Reactions. If you’ve ever looked at the names of over the counter medicines, you might have noticed they all end in hydrochloric acid. Why?! #hydrochloricacid #pseudoephedrine #salt #ionicbond #shorts
From Reactions. How would you stick a slice of banana to a sheet of copper? Until a few months ago, you couldn’t. But a new discovery called “hard-soft electroadhesion” enables chemists to stick almost any hydrogel to almost any metal, using nothing but an electric current. Join George as he tries to replicate electroadhesion in…
From Reactions. gum + chocolate, not recommended. We still need Alex to test gum + butter, olive oil, avocado, pork lard, and everclear. #gum #foodscience #chemistry
From Reactions. Pennies may need to be replaced more often than tarnish strips, but they’re pennies, so… Also, we do not recommend storing your silver with scrambled eggs. #silver #tarnishfreejewelry #chemistry
From Reactions. Probably nothing to panic about, but it’s generally better to know what you’re putting in your body. #tattoo #ink #chemistry
From Reactions. L-DOPA is the best drug we have for Parkinson’s disease. If you take L-DOPA and reflect it in a mirror, you get a different molecule: D-DOPA, which does absolutely nothing for Parkinson’s and causes potentially deadly side effects. Making just L-DOPA without D-DOPA is surprisingly hard – so hard that the person who…
From Reactions. Seriously though, don’t frostbite yourself. #science #chemistry #shorts
From Reactions. It’s not lighting stuff on fire in a basement, it’s taking detailed scientific measurements. Check out our video about ammonia engines for a deeper look into all of this. #combustion #engine #chemistry
From Reactions. Morels are one of the most commonly eaten wild mushrooms. So how did two people die from eating them at a single restaurant in Bozeman, Montana? Alex & George team up to take a deeper look into mushroom chemistry, identification, and cultivation to get a better understanding of this mystery. #mushrooms #poison #chemistry…
From Reactions. Sometimes more is actually less. I think. #chemistry #electronegativity #rust
From Reactions. Adding a sacrificial anode can help metal from corroding. #anode #metals #experiment #corrosion
From Reactions. We’re talking gases today. Yup certain gases that have been used in airplane tires cause them to explode. Here’s what is used in airplane tires to help them stay intact. #airplane #gases #nitrogen
From Reactions. for a little more science and less whacking with a mallet, check out our tahini short: #oobleck #nonnewtonianfluid #chemistry
From Reactions. What starts off as a simple desire to get a macro shot of a droplet of water freezing quickly leads George to the very edge of scientific knowledge and a shocking fact about most of the water on Earth. *Note: in the droplets I’m freezing, all the dendrites would have likely come from…
From Reactions. Thinking about making another video that goes into the mechanisms of toxicity how NAC works to block it. Thoughts? #chemistry #antidote #shorts
From Reactions. Space Time—How Eclipses Revealed Our Solar System PBS Digital Studios Earth Month Playlist The ocean is getting more and more acidic. Can we solve it by emptying a giant bottle of antacid into the ocean? No… but the idea of lowering the ocean’s acidity in order to decrease global carbon dioxide levels isn’t…
From Reactions. If you’re looking at the eclipse on Monday, make sure you have these special shades. #eclipse #carbonblack #shorts
From Reactions. What makes cheap vodka better–a charcoal filter like a Brita pitcher, or milk washing? #milkwashing #charcoal #casein #shorts
From Reactions. Why would you make a cocktail with ~curdled~ milk? Join George as he answers this question by accidentally making the best cocktail he’s ever tasted, thus achieving lasting Internet fame.* *We need your help with this last step. Correction: 4:03 I’m showing the phosphate groups getting protonated by the acid, but in reality…
From Reactions. Washing with soap actually destroys enveloped viruses, too, so probably safer to just do that. #norovirus #virology #chemistry #shorts
From Reactions. whom amongst us hasn’t whacked our tahini with a hammer? Actually that was oobleck, I wonder what happens if you do hit tahini with a hammer instead. #tahinisauce #chemistry #shorts