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Why Can’t I Tell if Something is Wet or Cold?

26 Sep 2025

Approximately half of the homes in the UK do not have a tumble dryer. My flat is lucky enough to have a 2-in-1 that washes poorly and dries worse, so we mostly hang wet clothes from a drying rack...

“Electric Feel”: A Guide to How Touchscreens Work

26 Sep 2025

I love the beach. What I don’t love is when I try to use my phone after taking a dip. One droplet of water hits my phone and somehow opens an app I didn’t know I had. Unfortunately for me, this is...

When Tea Changes Hues Out of the Blue

8 Aug 2025

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

Lise Meitner: The Forgotten Mother of Nuclear Fission

8 Aug 2025

Science is the story of discoveries but sometimes credit isn’t given when it is due. How many women discoverers can you name? Discoveries such as DNA’s double helix structure and the greenhouse...

Liquid Nitrogen Tattoos

1 Aug 2025

Body modifications have been around for a very long time. Tattoos and piercings were found on a frozen mummy dating back to 3000 B.C.E. In many countries, these modifications have cultural...

Say Cheese!

23 Jul 2025

It was the 1960’s and cheese producers were cheesed off. People were just not eating enough veal. Slaughterhouses were running short of calf stomachs and the cheese industry was feeling the pinch....

What Wild Animals Can Teach Us About Cancer

18 Jul 2025

In a lab in Rochester, New York, a group of scientists were trying to grow cells taken from a naked mole rat. Instead, they ended up with a petri dish full of goo. The cells had secreted a thick,...

See the Rainbow - How Skittles Led me to Chromatography

4 Jul 2025

As a kid, I always played with my food. After a trip to the grocery store, where my mom allowed me to select one candy to bring home, playing turned into experimentation. The candy I chose?...

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