Salt and the Boiling Point of Water

Posted at 8:33 am by David Bradley  

Boiling point elevationHow does adding salt to water affect its boiling point? You will find several clues and key words below.

But, first check out this great science project you can download now that includes A Pinch of Salt which will help you answer that question.

The fact that dissolving a salt in a liquid, such as water, affects its boiling point comes under …

Boxing Day Boredom and Monkey Proteins

Posted at 9:00 am by David Bradley  

Monkey proteinsIt’s Boxing Day and you’re probably seriously bored playing the “normal” game of Pick-up Monkeys. Rather than heading for the Wii or the PS3, how about adding a little monkey magic, or more seriously some wire binders and following Dr N. Michael Green, Division of Mathematical Biology, of the UK’s prestigious Medical Research Council (MRC) National Institute for Medical Research to do a little bit of science education with those …

Booyle rocket

Posted at 12:00 am by David Bradley  

Bottle rocketWhat on earth’s a “booyle rocket”, I hear you ask! Well, I haven’t a clue. It’s just a search term that a Sciencebase visitor used in our search box.

Intrigued, I Googled the phrase and it turns out to be a Google Whack Blatt to a rather crude dating site. Fortunately, Google also offered the option that perhaps I’d misspelled bottle…so was the visitor searching for “bottle rocket”, perhaps?

If they were …

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