Ever wonder what’s in the Big Mac you’re eating? Of course not, that’s exactly what you try not to do when you’re eating fast food. But to ruin that for you is this Fast Food Chemistry clip from Insider, where a Big Mac is recreated using all 54 ingredients that
Because magic is all around us, you just have to know where to look (PROTIP: look behind doors marked ‘FOR WITCHES AND WIZARDS ONLY’), this is a video of The Action Lab’s James Orgill demonstrating two chemical reaction tricks: one which creates very realistic looking fake blood, and another that
This is a photo of a single atom as captured by scientist David Nadlinger. The photo, which David very cleverly titled ‘Atom In An Ion Trap’, features a strontium atom (with 38 protons and a diameter of a few millionths of a millimeter) visible in the very center of the
Because trying hard and believing yourself is the name of the game, this is a video of New Zealand based Youtuber Liam Thompson attempting to create the world’s largest dry ice bubble. What’s a dry ice bubble? Basically a bubble that fills itself up with the carbon dioxide gas that’s
This is a short video of chemistry educator Phil Cook demonstrating both the hydrophobic and combustible properties of lycopodium spores. Lycopodium spores are the dried spores of clubmoss plants (aka ground pine), and have long been used for theatrical special effects (in the form of dust explosions) due to their
Seen here looking like a man who’s no stranger to questioning what he just drank, this is a video of chemist and Youtuber NileRed discussing and experimenting with ways to remove caffeine from RedBull because, and I quote, “For as long as I can remember I’ve always been a big