The path upon which food travels, beginning with ingestion and ending with excretion, is complex and highly organized. While the body is controlled by the central and autonomic nervous systems, the...
They may be a mystery to the ladies, but they鈥檙e very familiar to gentlemen. They鈥檙e called 鈥渦rinal cakes鈥� and are commonly seen at the bottom of urinals. Their purpose?
The ancient Greeks did not have a good grasp of genetics.聽A giraffe, they thought, was a cross between a camel and a leopard, and an ostrich was the result when a camel mated with a sparrow.聽A...
They鈥檙e bright. They鈥檙e multi-talented. They鈥檙e imaginative. They鈥檙e passionate and compassionate. Who are they? American Idol contestants? No. These impressive young men and women are McGill...
The classic stench of rotten eggs produced by a stink bomb聽is produced when the ammonium sulphide in the stink bomb breaks down to hydrogen sulphide and ammonia. Commercially, this ammonium...
The chemistry that takes place when lettuce leaves become brown is the same chemistry we see when an apple is cut and turns brown, when green guacamole turns brown or when a green olive ripens and...
I don鈥檛 think I would want to work in a rubber processing plant. Too many nitrosamines in the air, and it鈥檚 better not to inhale them. Nitrosamines after all are known carcinogens, first identified...
Dr. Lorne Trottier was in attendance of the recent landing of the Mars Rover,聽Curiosity. Here, he describes his account of the experience as well as the complexities and nuances of what went into...
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