Articles for biologists & chemists
Faith in God can be an issue. Most of the scientists around here won't accept it as a basis of their existence. Often enough, faith stands in ...
View full detailsPractice makes perfect. No matter what you're talking about – sports, music, literature, basically every other activity – it's always good to start...
View full detailsDid you know that you can make a lot of money with compression? And we’re not talking about the inventors of WinRAR (who are most likely still wait...
View full detailsYou can only get through long nights of programming with lots of coffee/coke/Penguin Peppermints... ;)
Sadly, our everyday lives have a lot of potential for negative thoughts. But it’s important we don’t let negative experiences impact the rest of ou...
View full detailsThe moment you find the element of surprise in a periodic table would, logically, be a rather accidental one, since it has to be surprising.But if ...
View full detailsAll the non-geek heavy metal fans includes AC/DC within their beloved rock bands. We, of course, know where the name came from and what it all mean...
View full detailsLuckily, we live in a place where everyone can believe in whatever they want - a privilege that not everyone has.Some people are not tempted by inv...
View full detailsEvery creature and every machine needs energy to run. As a nerd, that's too hazy a phrase, of course. People might think you're talking a...
View full detailsIf 'evolution' was human, it would just sigh and bang its head against the wall repeatedly when someone mentions spicy food. After all, the pain ca...
View full detailsMagnesium reacting with oxygen is observed in chemistry class in school, by most people. Magnesium reacts with oxygen in a highly exothermic reacti...
View full detailsSome minerals, like gold and diamonds, just don't attract nerds that much...But (Mg, Fe)<sub>7</sub>Si<sub>8</sub>O<...
View full detailsAre you excited by the thought of parachuting, bungee jumping, paintball, or hacking?Then you are an adrenaline junkie and should consider the thri...
View full detailsFor some reason, people like to call lots of things the "happiness hormone". Serotonin? Happiness hormone! Dopamine? Happiness hormone! Oxytocin? H...
View full detailsNerds talk nerdy, and, if you want to get laid, well, pull the right levers and persuade your wonderwall by uttering some real geeky stuff that wil...
View full detailsEven though the neurotransmitter serotonin is involved in a multitude of complex processes within the human body, people tend to call it the "happi...
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