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Peanut Butter's History Goes Back to the Incas

20 Dec 2024

This article was first published inĀ The Montreal Gazette....

Good Old Dihydrogen Monoxide

18 Dec 2024

You have probably heard about people who have actually signed a petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide. The petition states that this chemical is found in cancerous tissue, accelerates corrosion, can...

The Smelly Truth About Fragrances

13 Dec 2024

This article was first published inĀ The Montreal Gazette....

It All Comes Out in the Wash

11 Dec 2024

Unless you are in the habit of reading the ingredients list on your laundry detergent, you are not likely to be familiar with sodium carbonate. Yet this industrial chemical of great importance has...

The Story of Sushi

6 Dec 2024

What is more romantic than an evening of sushi for two? Although this traditional Japanese dish has only become popular in the West relatively recently, the history of this culinary art with its...

Murder Most Foul!

5 Dec 2024

One of my favorite detective stories is Agatha Christie's "The Crooked House." The plot revolves around an elderly tycoon who requires daily insulin shots. He also suffers from glaucoma for which...

Turns Out You Canā€™t Let the Cold In!

29 Nov 2024

Iā€™m sure you have been told or have even been the one to tell someone to ā€œclose the doorā€ because they were ā€œletting the cold inā€. While efforts to keep the house warm are noble, the advice is not...

Acne and Diet: An Ambiguous Association

22 Nov 2024

You have probably heard that drinking milk and eating chocolate causes acne or, at the very least, that they make it worse. Diet is often blamed for a teenagerā€™s pimply skin, but is there good...

A Bite into the Science of Venoms

22 Nov 2024

You are likely aware of the large number of drugs that have been developed from chemicals found in plants, including aspirin from willow bark, atropine from deadly nightshade, and both morphine and...

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