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Aaron Siri is a Worthless Anti-Vaxx Stooge
Intelligent people are aware of what a complete nightmare RFK Jr. is. But he has a particular underling that is also quite vile, and who deserves to …
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Valence Bond Theory, Hybrid Orbitals, and Molecular Orbital Theory
Attention! This video about molecular orbitals is much better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2k61JMk71M
Alright, let's be real. Nobody understands …
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Hantavirus: What You Need to Know (Featuring Marion Koopmans)
The internet is ablaze with talk of the recent hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship. Three people have died. Is this the next global pandemic? Are th…
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Le Chatelier's Principle
If a system is at equilibrium, and we do something to it, it will shift in a particular way. It is quite easy to predict the behavior of equilibria i…
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Eric Weinstein Walks Into a Bar...
Hey remember when Eric Weinstein tangled with Sean Carroll on the Piers Morgan program? And how humiliating it was for Eric, since Sean politely let …
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Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns in Latin
Possessive adjectives and pronouns describe ownership, and in Latin they must agree in case, gender, and number with the object that is possessed, no…
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Chemical Equilibria and Reaction Quotients
Many chemical reactions don't just go one way, they go forwards and backwards. Once there is balance between the two, this is an equilibrium. And we …
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Charles Darwin's Idea: Descent With Modification
Now that we've learned about molecules and cells and the simplest forms of life, we are ready to understand how all of life on earth evolved from a s…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Discussion on Critical Faculty Podcast (Scicomm Strategies and Social Progress)
Dave appears on the Critical Faculty podcast to discuss all manner of pseudoscience and the strategies science communicators can use to debunk it.
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Energy Diagrams, Catalysts, and Reaction Mechanisms
It's time to learn a little more about a chemical reaction. How do molecules have to be arranged and how much energy do they have to collide with? Wh…
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