It is an annual tradition. The third week in October is designated as 鈥淣ational Chemistry Week鈥� by the American Chemical Society with a goal of raising the public鈥檚 awareness of the value of...
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. It depends on what equipment local recyclers have available. The bottle caps and the bottle are made of different materials which presents a problem when it comes to...
Contrary to popular belief, aspirin does not occur in nature, it is not found in the willow tree. But there is a connection. Aspirin, or acetyl salicylic acid, was first produced commercially by...
Queen Victoria was the first monarch to give birth to a child under anesthesia. Prince Leopold, the Queen鈥檚 eighth child, was born in 1853 after her physician Dr. John Snow had administered...
Circe was the sorceress in Greek mythology who drugged Odysseus鈥� crew to make them forget their homeland, then proceeded to turn the men into swine. When Odysseus set out to rescue his crew, he...
Coffee first appeared in Canadian cups about two hundred years ago, some three hundred years after people in Africa and the Middle East were regularly consuming the beverage. The most popular...
