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Chemistry by Chance – How Even Qualified Chemists Cease to Understand...
See Part 1 and Part 3 Time to continue slogging through this… so… 4. The Problem of Reactivity In this 4th section, McComb’s gradually tries to get into a little bit of abiogenesis and evolutionary...
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10 Questions for Climate Change Denialists
From politicians to regular old average folk on the street, many people seem to reject the idea that the climate has been adversely affected by man-made activity. Yet science seems to be pretty sound...
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Institute for Creation Research on water’s… erm, uniqueness.
The ICR has a very… interesting section on chemistry. Most of the time, it’s correct, and fairly unobjectionable – if a bit scatter-shot in its approach, jumping wildly between transition metal...
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Things You Should Probably Stop Saying –“BUT EVERYTHING IS A CHEMICAL!”
Anyone who hasn’t lived under a rock somewhere in the barren wastelands of nowhere will probably at some point heard about dangerous “chemicals” in our food and water supply. It’s an amazingly common...
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Ultracold Cells on Titan – Yay or Nay?
Listen up pop-science fans, I might be just about to pop one of your bubbles (or maybe not). This one, in fact. The original paper can be found here – it’s open access, and therefore extra awesome. I...
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Percentages (Procedures vs Understanding)
I can’t remember if I’ve ranted about this before somewhere, but here it is for posterity anyway. Have you ever noticed how at school you’re taught this: Basic percentages. Divide your numbers,...
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You’re Not Here To Study Chemistry
I don’t gripe about work too often here… okay, maybe I do. Anyway, here’s one thought flowing throw my head as I have ten minutes to kill between doing allegedly important things. Sometimes, I want to...
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The Environment: Social vs Science
A thing I’ve long suspected, but have really only figured out and cemented after having to write some lecture materials on it, is that green chemistry, climatology, sustainability and environmentalism...
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The 10 Dumbest Things I’ve Seen An Undergraduate Chemist Do
In no particular order, here are the 10 dumbest things I’ve seen an undergraduate chemist do in the last decade or so. 1. Derive a bond-length longer than the Humber bridge This is a fairly common...
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5 Things They Don’t Tell You About Teaching in Higher Education…
Have you ever considered a career in teaching? Does it sound totally great but the concept of a PGCE and a month’s mandated nose-wiping in a Primary School turn you off? Would you rather teach people...
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