The term 鈥渁lcohol鈥� to a chemist聽 means an organic compound that contains an OH group, but as far as the public is concerned 鈥渁lcohol鈥� refers to one specific compound, namely, ethanol. It is ethanol...
In 1957 the U.S. government conducted a study aptly named 鈥淭he Effect of Nuclear Explosions on Commercially Packaged Beverages鈥�. The researchers placed cans and bottles of beer and other drinks in...
Unless you鈥檙e participating in a spelling bee or playing Fallout New Vegas, you probably don鈥檛 think about sassafras much, but you might still ingest it regularly. It is, or at least once was, the...
Snails, spiders and octopi have something in common-聽they all have blue blood!聽We're not talking in the sense of royalty, these creatures literally have blue blood. So why is their blood blue and...
Eggplant seeds (and they have many)聽contain nicotinoid alkaloids, which are responsible for the slightly bitter taste of the purple聽berry. The concentration of nicotine itself is about 100...
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In most of the world alcohol content is measured by volume. This gives us the familiar 12.5% on the side of a wine bottle. But what does this percentage really mean?聽
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