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Summary: Perfect for science teachers, parents and kids with big curiosities, Bytesize Science is an educational, entertaining podcast for young listeners from the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society. Available every Wednesday morning, it translates scientific discoveries from ACS’ 36 journals into intriguing stories for kids of all ages about science, medicine, energy, food and much more.
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What do you do when you have a bad cough? If you reach for the yummy, cherry-flavored cough medicine, you're not alone. Every year, people spend billions of dollars on this stuff. But does cough medicine actually work? In this episode, we explain the chemistry behind cough medicine, and dig into the evidence to find out which remedies actually work.
We're taking a closer look at hand sanitizers, what this goo is made of, and just how effective it really is against viruses and bacteria.
In this episode, we visited McFadden Art Glass in Baltimore, Maryland, to learn about the chemistry of this ancient material.
Toxicology expert Raychelle Burks explains how “detox” cleanses your body of harmful toxins.
This Halloween, we love horror flicks, so we’re giving you a chemical rundown of the most crucial movie-making element of all: fake blood.
For the 30th anniversary of National Chemistry Week, scientists can use radiometric dating on rocks, and figure out how old is Mother Earth.
For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Reactions describes what’s changed about treatment options, and what patients can expect in the future
Eggs are edible and incredible, so we've got three kitchen egg demos that will bounce and colorize you into total chemical bewilderment!
Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, and Richard Henderson are the 2017 Nobel Prize winners for their development of cryo-electron microscopy.
This Halloween, we love horror flicks, so we’re giving you a chemical rundown of the most crucial movie-making element of all: fake blood.
Everyone seems to swear by a different pancake recipe. How can you griddle up the perfect pancakes for your Saturday morning breakfast?
What creates the subtle interplay of flavors in your Sushi? Take a deep dive with us into the chemistry of rice, fish, and seaweed!
Cassini’s mission to the Saturn system is coming to an end, but the space probe has uncovered chemical mysteries on the moon Titan that will keep scientists busy for years to come.
Headlines keep on popping up in the news about exploding cellphones and we're covering the chemistry on why batteries go boom!
The products we use every day leave behind chemical footprints. Learn how and why researchers are now studying those trails.
