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The Telepathy Tapes Are a Scam (Ky Dickens Debunked)
Have you heard that nonverbal severely autistic children have telepathy and other psychic powers? They don't, it's bullshit. But there's a very popul…
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Graphing in Algebra: Ordered Pairs and the Coordinate Plane
Alright, we've avoided this long enough! To do algebra, we can't just be all about solving equations, we eventually have to graph some stuff as well.…
2 weeks ago
Practice Problem: Reducing Agents
For this one we need to know the ability of different reducing agents to react with various functional groups.
Try all of the organic chemistry practi…
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Graphing Conic Sections Part 3: Parabolas in Standard Form
The parabola is back! I know we've learned a bit about these, but they are one of the conic sections, so let's go a little deeper and learn some new …
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Class Mammalia: Evolution and Description of the Synapsid Amniotes
Continuing with Phylum Chordata we finally reach the amniotes, which we will begin to investigate first by examining synapsids, and in particular Cla…
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Practice Problem: Analyzing Acid-Base Equilibria
Acids! Bases! Conjugate acids! Conjugate bases! We definitely have to be able to label such things, and we should also know how to state which direct…
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Practice Problem: Acidity of Carboxylic Acids
Let's rank these carboxylic acids by acidity! Do you know about the various ways these carboxylate anions can be stabilized? Check it out.
Try all of …
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Hiyama Reaction
We've learned several cross-coupling reactions, so let's learn one more! The Hiyama reaction, developed by Tamejiro Hiyama, uses silanes as coupling …
2 weeks ago
Joe Biden: Pandemic and Inflation (2021 – 2025)
Joe Biden was president from 2021 to 2025, but he had a long career in politics prior to the getting elected. What's his story, and what were the maj…
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Hemiacetals, Acetals, and Imines
There are so many aqueous acid-base equilibria happening in our bodies. So much enzymatic chemistry is about proton transfer. Let's learn about some …
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