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The “Magic” of Hydrogen Peroxide
All-purpose miracle tonic. Credit: Flickr user jypsygen “An Ounce of Hydrogen Peroxide is Worth a Pound of Cure,” prescribes the headline in a Parade magazine advertisement for Emily Thacker’s newest...
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Is That Chemistry In Your Jewelry?
Patchoulol necklace. Credit: Surly Ramics. Toss aside those horn-rimmed glasses and pocket protectors, there’s a new nerdy fashion statement in town. Now you may think this is old news, having seen—or...
View ArticleFun With Lasers
Wicked Lasers doesn’t just have a fun name. The Hong Kong-based company also likes to have a little fun with its products. In this week’s print column, we wrote about how Wicked Lasers teamed up with...
View ArticleFlame Challenge Winner Announced
Today’s post is by Emily Bones, an assistant production editor and Newscripts contributor here at C&EN. In March, actor and science advocate Alan Alda, along with the Center for Communicating...
View ArticleHop On Pop, Jump On Oobleck
Even amateur cooks know that cornstarch is clutch when it comes to thickening Thanksgiving gravy or homemade soup. But as amateur (geeky) thrill-seekers have discovered, filling a swimming pool with...
View ArticleKeeping Up With The Khemists
This January’s MIT course 5.301 Chemistry Lab Techniques began just like any other. Designed to familiarize freshmen with lab procedures that are commonplace in chemistry labs, the course incentivizes...
View ArticleChemists Can Break It Down
After losing out to physicists last year, chemists have stepped it up to win the 2012 Dance Your Ph.D. contest, organized by Science magazine. More specifically, Peter Liddicoat, a materials scientist...
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Navel Gazing: You Might Be Surprised By What’s Living In There
If eyes are the window to the soul, belly buttons are the portal to a tropical rainforest. Bear with us. Newscripts wrote about the Belly Button Biodiversity team last year, complete with photos of...
View ArticleKeeping Up With The Khemists: Series Recap & Review
A few months ago, the Newscripts gang brought you a preview of MIT’s reality-TV-like Web series about chemistry students. A recurring four-week course designed to teach freshmen about chemistry theory...
View ArticleAmusing News Aliquots
Silly samplings from this week’s science news, compiled by Bethany Halford and Sophia Cai. It seems these days that anyone with some spare time and a camera can make a video parody, but these...
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2012 Visualization Challenge Winners Announced
It only takes some YouTubers being in the right place at the right time to prove how ridiculously far owls can rotate their heads — up to 270 degrees in either direction, in fact. But it took a team of...
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I’d Like To Thank The Academy, Nay, Harvey Weinstein
You’re Bradley Cooper. People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive in 2011. Comedic heartthrob from “The Hangover,” “Wedding Crashers,” Alias, and “Wet Hot American Summer.” But now, almost suddenly, you’ve...
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Getting Down On One Knee … With A Physics Paper
The seven-year relationship of two physicists has moved to the next level, thanks to a marriage proposal Brandon wrote to Christie in the form of a physics paper. The faux academic article, titled “Two...
View ArticleHarlem Shake ft. Tryptophan
Not to be confused with the real Harlem Shake dance moves of the 1980s, a Harlem Shake video meme quickly went viral last month. The gist: An individual starts to dance to electronic music producer...
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In Print: Europe’s Got A Stink Problem
Brit Ken Wilman has been offered $65,000 for the ambergris he and his dog, Madge, found. Credit: Manchester Evening News Syndication The Newscripts blog would like to be closer Internet buddies with...
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Fashion Police: Science Shoes
Today’s post is by Emily Bones, a production editor and Newscripts contributor here at C&EN. Eating vegan food is a well-known practice, but wearing vegan shoes is new to the Newscripts gang. Now...
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Amusing News Aliquots
Silly samplings from this week’s science news, compiled by Bethany Halford, Jeff Huber, and Sophia Cai. Let’s just hope it can’t swim that fast. Credit: CNN Scientists find that experiencing prolonged...
View ArticleCHEMIST HULK Smashes Questions, But Protects Identity
In the age of Internet memes and viral videos, a window of opportunity opens for sometimes the most random–and often hilarious–alter egos. Meet CHEMIST HULK (@ChemistHulk), who is a Twitter phenomenon...
View ArticleIn Print: Mosh Pit Simulator
In stereotypical high school cafeterias, the physics nerds and metal heads don’t usually mesh. But luckily for Matthew Bierbaum and Jesse L. Silverberg, there’s grad school. The two Cornell physics...
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Amusing News Aliquots
Ants maximize their time on the smooth felt (white) and minimize their time on the rough felt (green) to reach their destination in the fastest, albeit indirect, way. Credit: Simon Tragust/NBC News...
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