Mar 19, 2010

Chemical science, night sky, scientific trust

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Delicious links March 16-18

Chemical Science – Building linear polymers from monomers, inaugural paper in RSC's new journal
Bing maps now let you scan the nighttime sky – The stars are coming out tonight…even when it's cloudy
Sex and social networking – Patterns of prostitution revealed by analysis of social networking site has important implications for spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
7 steps to restore trust in science – Every journey begins with a single …

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Mar 18, 2010

Periodic Table of Science Bloggers

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UPDATE: I’ve now added a lot of science types to the Periodic Table of Science Bloggers. All those elements in bronze are now taken, those in gold are mine and equally taken. If you want to claim an element, let me have me your blog link, social media site, twitter page, or whatever, and tell me which element you are (your name or the blog’s name have to somehow fit interms of initial letters). Let’s …

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Real chemistry at the periodic table party

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UPDATE: Please let us know – which element are you?

Teaching chemistry has changed so much since my day. This classic Youtube clip highlights the way the elements might interact at a periodic table party. Carbon is popular with the hydrogens, the noble gases are the emo wallflowers, but it’s the fight that breaks out between potassium water that even had my teenage son laughing. Check out the chemistry, or lack thereof, between hydrogen and neon……

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