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The Future Perfect Indicative
We've been learning about the Perfect System. With present perfect and pluperfect down, the last tense to investigate is the future perfect. This is …
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Practice Problem: Hydrogenation, Isomerism, and Cyclohexane Chairs
For this one we need to understand the stereospecificity of hydrogenation over platinum metal, stereochemical relationships, and the relative stabili…
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Solving Higher-Degree Polynomials by Synthetic Division and the Rational Roots Test
By now we are experts at solving quadratics by a number of different strategies. But what about cubics? And quartics? And quintics? Seems pretty daun…
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Mammalian Diversity Part 2: Marsupials
With the monotremes covered, let's move on to the marsupials. These are the pouched mammals. How did these evolve? How does the patch work? Let's tal…
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Acid-Base Titration
Any introductory chemistry class will include titrations, and to do these, you have to do math. But you get to see pretty colors, too! Here's a quick…
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Ben van Kerkwyk is Clueless (UnchartedX Debunked)
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Calling All Scientists!
Anti-science sentiment is taking hold of the public in a way we've never seen before. More and more people distrust any scientist because of propagan…
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Nuclear Reactions, Radioactivity, Fission and Fusion
Radioactivity. We've seen it in movies, it's responsible for the Ninja Turtles. It's responsible for Godzilla. But what is it? It's time to learn exa…
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The Weak Interaction Part 2: Modern Developments
We just introduced the weak interaction, or weak nuclear force, from the perspective of quantum field theory. But there's more to discuss about this …
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Geomaticist Nigel Van Nieuwenhuizen (Get to Know a Scientist!)
What is geomatics? Why it's the branch of science that deals with the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data relating to the earth's surfac…
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