The useful way to think about any bond is as a chain with three links - surface, adhesive, surface - and a chain fails at whichever link is weakest. Here…
Almost everything strange about smell follows from two facts: it is chemistry rather than physics, and it takes an unusually direct route into the brain. Here are twelve consequences.
1.…
Soap is one of the oldest manufactured substances and one of the most consequential, and almost nobody can explain what it does.
The common assumption is that soap is a…
Almost everyone who cooks has stood over a chopping board with streaming eyes, and almost everyone has a theory about how to stop it. Light a match. Hold a spoon…