It's a little strange to hear a chemist refer to a...  ...Drake Anthony) mixes some up to show us why. This chemical hates everything. Even heat. Well, except for gla...

New Zealand farmers hate the invasive weed known a...  ...s who happened to be wearing their pants when the chemical reaction got started. Some survived with serious burns, wh...

You aren't allowed to take mercury on an airplane. It's dangerous stuff, to be sure, but who knew that the way it interacts with aluminum was the reason? Nile Red shows us what happens when mercury amalgamates with alumi...

In Romania’s Valcea County, there are boulders called trovants that grow. Really. They also multiply, by sprouting bulbs that form into rocks. It sounds like a tall tale or urban legend, but science confirms it. Th...

[http://youtu.be/QzjPva_MUAg] (YouTube link)What h...  ...of the deepest slime is awakened. Whatever these chemicals are, they are dangerous, and the reaction is even more dangerous, so don't ever do this. Bu...

Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley Natio...  ...hod of making graphene. They managed to capture a chemical reaction in the act, atom by atom, bond by bond:...  ...quo;t thinking about making beautiful images; the reactions themselves were the goal,” says Fischer, a...  ...;was amazing.” The specifi...

[http://youtu.be/8tHOVVgGkpk] (YouTube link)Instea...  ...k)Instead of blowing a bubble yourself, maybe the reaction of dry ice in water can blow it up for you! I'm n...

Chemistry is a fascinating science, but it...  ...Experiments: 1. Briggs-Rauscher Reaction ...  ...[YouTube Clip] The Briggs-Rauscher reaction is a well known example of oscillating , also known as chemical cloc...