First Organic Molecule Found in Space
Did you know that there are organic molecules found in space? This video discusses how they were first detected. https://youtu.be/4x7DfVQLUlY
Did you know that there are organic molecules found in space? This video discusses how they were first detected. https://youtu.be/4x7DfVQLUlY
This video discusses Fentanyl and why are so many people overdosing on it? https://youtu.be/E3Mt7kAmgTU
This video discusses the how and why many bacteria, including Gonorrhea, have become resistant to antibiotics. Also, this video discusses the chemistry behind how antibiotics actually kill bacteria. https://youtu.be/XmCmaC6frZw
Most people do not know that the active ingredient in common over-the-counter diarrhea remedies is actually an opioid. This fact has led to many accidental overdoses and even death. If you would like to learn more check out the following video: https://youtu.be/84kM0aG-fT4
Even if one does not die from alcohol intoxication in a single large dose, it can still kill from smaller doses over a long period of time. One of the most insidious aspects of alcohol abuse is the fact that it will allow a user to continue, sometimes for decades, [...]
You may have read the about the incident back in February of 2017, where a customer purchased a deadly herbal tea blend from the Sun Wing Wo Trading Company in San Francisco. Her resultant death was due to an ingredient called aconite that didn’t belong. Also known as Wolf’s Bane, [...]
Dr. Farmer is the author of the book: Strange Chemistry: The Stories Your Chemistry Teacher Wouldn’t Tell You https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Chemistry-Stories-Teacher-Wouldnt/dp/1119265266/ Strange Chemistry opens the audience’s eyes to the extra-ordinary scientific secrets hiding in the everyday objects around them. The book covers broad subjects that touch on everyday life, including the chemistry [...]
It seemed like a nice gift at the time for the family in Salinas, California. The friendly stranger who been up in the mountains foraging for mushrooms earlier in the day had gifted a young woman some of the mushrooms he’d found. She later grilled them for dinner for her [...]
This is not something that happens often, but it happened. A Car battery which was broken or damaged caused the death of mother and 3-year-old daughter. They were found with no signs of life in their car. The cause of death was determined to be poisoning with very toxic gas: [...]
The answer is Radon gas. Radon is an odorless, tasteless, radioactive gas which comes from the natural decay of uranium in the ground. Because uranium is found virtually everywhere in the earth’s crust radon is also found almost everywhere. As the gas forms its moves through the ground and into [...]