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Here is a link to a story about hair dye that resulted from my curiosity about why we put caustic chemicals on our heads.  Enjoy! 

https://mosaicscience.com/story/hair-dye

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You mean liquor doesn't make the best blanket?  Oh, I am sooo disappointed to find this out

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A Festive Explanation of the Chemistry of Poinsettia Plants

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Fraction of Bachelor’s Degrees Earned by Women, by Major

Just saw this concerning data compiled by the American Physical Society. Since reaching a peak in the early/mid-2000’s, the fraction of bachelor’s degrees awarded to women across the sciences has been on the decline.

I don’t know quite what to make of this. If it were just due to the funding troubles caused by the financial collapse or flattening budgets in the years before that, we’d expect to see degrees fall for men and women.

We need to reverse this trend, especially for engineering and physics… I mean, SHEESH.

(via Dr. Katie Mack)

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The C&ENews Holiday Gifts issue is out today.  I'll take one of each, please!  

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Alkaline Apocrypha

My story on why the alkaline diet a fallacy.  

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Free Chemistry Set

Want to do chemistry experiments while you wait for the bus?  Um, who doesn't.  Download this free virtual chemistry set.  

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Atomic-o-licious turned 3 today!  It's my blogoversary.  The guilt of neglect is killing me.  Maybe a really nice gift will make things better.  

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Very important chemistry from @ACSReactions

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Will Ferrell and Red Hot Chili Peppers Drummer Chad Smith Go Head-To-Head in a Drum-Off Challenge

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Finally someone acknowledges how much these two look alike!!!

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Ladies and gentlemen, Morgan Freeman discussing science, while on helium (via Kottke).

Happy Friday.

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Student Suspended for Brilliant Chemistry Joke in Her Yearbook

Student Paris Gray was suspended from her high school for a hilarious but edgy chemistry joke in her yearbook.

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The Most Radioactive Place in New York City

Explore the story behind a site in Queens that may become the city's next Superfund site.

Awesome radiochemistry story.

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Imagine sky writing on the ground using water and a modified tricycle – this is Water Calligraphy Device by French Canadian media artist Nicholas Hanna. 

Inspired by the water and brush calligraphy of older artists in his local Beijing parks, Hanna converted a Beijing tricycle, called a san lun che, to digitally “paint” (or more accurately drip) Chinese characters onto the sidewalk. The characters write out Dongcheng District Propaganda phrases that are on banners and housing developments in the district.

The trike would catch quite a bit of attention in the streets, as seen in these two 2011 videos by Jonah Kessel. According to Kessel, the tricycle drips:

营造 未成年人健康成长的良好环境 Create a good environment for minors to grow up healthy 文明从脚下起步 奉献从身边做起 Civilization comes from every individual, to contribute from every little thing 树文明新风 做文明市民 Be a civilized citizen and build a civilized new atmosphere for constructing s cultured and civilized city 共建文明城区 共享美好家园 Build a civilized city for everyone to share a beautiful home altogether 做文明有礼北京人 建和谐魅力新东城 Be civilized and polite Beijingers, to build a harmonious charm new Dong Cheng district together 美德贵在坚持 文明重在行动 Virtue shows through long term persistence, civilization reflects by actions 和谐东城 你我共建 Harmonious Dong Cheng District constructed by you and me 建全国文明城区 做东城文明市民 Constructs the national civilized district, to be the civilized citizen of Dong Cheng District

The project was first shown at Beijing Design Week in 2011. Hanna now lives in Los Angeles where he works as an artist and designer.

Related videos in the archives: Robo-rainbow and Osaka City Station’s “water printer” fountain.

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We could use this at my house.  My son had to spit out his chocolate milk at the dinner table the other night.  #supermom

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This Friday is the math holiday we’ve been waiting for all year: Pi Day! Get ready to give this special number its due with our Pi Day activity ideas. Then revisit your favorite pi formulas with these classic Flocab videos about finding the area of a circleand the volume of shapes. 

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There’s something I was told when I was a kid that I’ve always found true: life is complicated, and the closer you look at it the messier it gets. There are no easy answers. This is true of science just as it is of politics or relationships or really anything else.

A quote from a nice blog post by Puff the Mutant Dragon on what is worthy of concern and what is a waste of time when it comes to the food we eat.  Read it!