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Bonus: Are my shoes chemistry? (and other questions)
Bonus Episode: Question and Response 46 In this month's bonus episode, Melissa and Jam respond to comments and questions about rubber, cold brew coffee, crystals, gre...
What is dietary fiber?
#165 Fiber. Dietary Fiber. Fiber optic internet. We all probably know that fiber is good for you, good for digestion etc. But why? Also what is fiber really? Why do s...
What is jam? (and jelly and preserves etc.)
#087 Rebroadcast Jams, jellies, preserves, marmalade. So many kinds of fruit spreads, but how are they made? How do they go from fruit to gooey spread? How are they d...
What is rubber?
#164 Something some common and useful in our everyday lives, from gloves to toy balls, what even is rubber? What makes it rubber, and what makes it different and uniq...
Bonus: 1,000,000 Downloads! - YouTube Live Replay
Bonus Episode: Question and Response 45 This month we have a special bonus episode. To celebrate reaching 1,000,000 downloads, we hung out with a bunch of podcast lis...
Why DO mosquitos bite some people more than others? (new research!)
#163 We've talked about mosquitos many times around here, why they bite us, how they find us, how to prevent them from biting us, etc. One thing that's struck us is ...
Do mosquitos bite some people more than others?
#052 Rebroadcast This week, Melissa and Jam continue the topic of mosquitos (If you missed last week's, listen to it first). It's time to answer the age-old, every-su...
Bonus: Why is butter yellow? (and other questions)
Bonus Episode: Question and Response 44 In this month's bonus episode, Melissa and Jam respond to comments and questions about butter, popcorn, vinegar and baking sod...
What is the greenhouse effect?
#162 Here's another summer topic, if you live in a somewhat warmer climate area, you've undoubtedly notice that cars can get insanely hot during the summer. We live i...
Why does carbonated water have a taste?
#026 Rebroadcast This week, Melissa and Jam discuss part of an often requested topic: carbonation. Does it have a taste? Like why does carbonated water taste differen...
What is popcorn?
#161 Summer's here, blockbusters are coming out, people will be headed to the movies, and nothing goes better with a movie... than popcorn. At least that's how we fee...
Bonus: Can coffee get HOTTER in an insulated mug? (and other questions)
Bonus Episode: Question and Response 43 In this month's bonus episode, Melissa and Jam respond to comments and questions about coffee in thermoses, yeast, intermolecu...
What is whipped cream?
#160 Recently we talked about how butter is made from cream, but how is whipped cream made from cream? What is whipping? How does whip cream get foamy and stay foamy?...
What are trans fats and are they evil?
#004 Rebroadcast This week Melissa and Jam talk about some of the possible unexpected results of hydrogenation, including trans fats. Check out our website at chemfo...
What is butter?
#159 Can you spread it? Can you melt it? Can you bake with it? Can you cook things with it? You butter believe it! But what is butter? Or rather, whatter is butter? H...
Bonus: How does lightning striking sand create glass? (and other questions)
Bonus Episode: Question and Response 42 In this month's bonus episode, Melissa and Jam respond to comments and questions about freezing point depression, super-heated...
How do gemstones get their color?
#158 Gemstones come in all sorts of colors, but how do they get them? Are different stones super different at the molecular level? How do these different colors happe...
What is silver tarnish?
#073 Rebroadcast Well if you haven't experienced silver tarnish yourself, then you've almost certainly heard people complain about it. Can anything last? These sparkl...
How do smoke alarms detect smoke? (part 2)
#157 Part Two: When smoke alarms aren't beeping at us to replace their batteries, they are sitting, watching, waiting for the perfect moment, waiting for smoke to hap...
Bonus: Why do cucumbers upset people's stomachs? (and other questions)
Bonus Episode: Question and Response 41 In this month's bonus episode, Melissa and Jam respond to comments and questions about glass cookware, freezing point depressi...
