Chemicals & Chemistry

The origin of life is a profound mystery.

The Associated Press reports that blackmailers have

 During the Vietnam War the lush tropical vegetation of the region provided both a cover for the North Vietnamese and a natural obstacle for our soldiers.  In response, the United States military sprayed approximately 19 million gal

Christopher Ingraham at the Washington Post recently used

Gatorade needs a better marketing team.

I've written recently about nitrogen-infused coffee (and also beer) and why the chemistry of adding nitrogen makes sense.

Junk epidemiological studies are rather like pigeons in New York—an omnipresent nuisance that you learn to live with and ignore and hope they don't make too much of a mess. It's too bad that CNN didn't have the judgment to do this.

Worried about North Korea tossing nukes around? Ebola? Killer hurricanes? Did you buy Knicks season tickets? While all of these are dreadful in different ways, you might as well forget about them and every other threat around.

The death penalty has become a controversial topic in the United States*. A large number of U.S. and European companies do not want their products used in lethal injections, which has sent state governments scrambling for alternatives.

With the catastrophic flooding that has devastated much of Houston, the very last thing the city needs is an additional problem. Especially a chemical explosion indirectly caused by the flood.