What do you do when you have a bad cough? If you reach for the yummy, cherry-flavored cough medicine, you’re not alone. Every year, people spend billions of dollars on this stuff. But does cough medicine actually work? In this video, the folks from the American Chemical Society explain the chemistry behind cough medicine, and […]

Brilliant accidents on the way to oblivion. That’s a rather poetic way to describe the universe, don’t you think? En case you need a crash course about what “Entropy” is, here’s the perfect video to help you understand the concept: [exurb1a]

Mercury is beautiful. It’s the only metal that’s a liquid at room temperature and pressure. In its liquid state the atoms have enough thermal energy to overcome the rigid metallic bonds that confine most metals to solids at room temperature. The third law of thermodynamics links temperature and entropy. Olympia Brown explores this relationship, freezing […]

It’s been a rough year, but here are some surprising scientific reasons your New Year’s isn’t going to be any better! Learn why in the latest video from ASAP Science! [ASAP Science]

It’s almost time to ring in 2017. And since most New Year’s celebrations include alcohol, Reactions’ latest episode explains the chemistry behind its effects – drunkenness, frequent bathroom breaks and occasionally poor decision-making. [Reactions]

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Wow. Just wow. Watch as Destin from Smarter Every Day fires a Bullet at a Prince Rupert’s Drop and films the whole thing at 150,000 frames per second. [Smarter Every Day]