A podcast helping you understand the chemistry of your everyday life. Hosted by Melissa Collini and Jam Robinson.
How do candles burn? (and how do you light them with smoke?)
Candles are simple enough right? Probably nothing crazy going on right? Wrong. Where does all the wax go? And how does the wick just keep on burning so long? Let's find out.
How does caffeine make you not sleepy?
Ok so, caffeine. Some of us live on the stuff, and others of us want nothing to do with it. There's a lot of things caffeine can do to our bodies, but of course the number one question, is how does it keep the sleepiness away? Let's get into it. And we may find out a few other things caffeine does along the way.