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Electrochemistry
How does a battery work? Now that you think about it, you have no idea, do you? Well take a gander! Turns out it's just redox chemistry.
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Reflexive Pronouns in Latin
Reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject of the clause they are found in, meaning they refer to the doer of the action. In English we use them wh…
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Inverse Functions
We know about functions, so what are inverse functions? Let's find out!
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Classical Phys…
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Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
Which thing gets oxidized, the oxidizing agent? No wait, that's what gets reduced, or is it the reducing agent? Ahh! Stupid binary concepts! OK, sett…
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Ky Dickens Tried to Censor My Telepathy Tapes Debunk
Last month I debunked a garbage podcast called The Telepathy Tapes, along with Ky Dickens, the grifter behind it. She wasn't too happy about it, so s…
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Acid-Base Equilibria and Buffer Solutions
Remember those pesky iceboxes? Weak acids and bases establish equilibria, so we have to do iceboxes to figure out things about them. But don't worry,…
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Practice Problem: Comparing Gravitational Forces
Gravity is mysterious, isn't it? If all matter exerts gravity, why don't we all just drift towards each other all the time? Well, as you know, it dep…
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Early Byzantine Empire Part 1: Constantine, Justinian, et al.
With the Middle Ages covered from the perspective of Western Europe, let's shift east and examine the Byzantine Empire. This was centered around Cons…
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Acids and Bases, pH and pOH
We've all heard the terms acid and base. What do these mean? Don't just tell me about pH, silly. What structural detail makes a molecule an acid or a…
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Life in the Ice Age (Hunter-Gatherers)
Now that humans are all over the world, what do their lives look like? How were they influenced by the Ice Age that occurred at that time? How comple…
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