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Back to SearchWhat is butter?
Episode 159
#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, wh…
2 years, 10 months ago
Bonus: How does lightning striking sand create glass? (and other questions)
Episode 234
Bonus Episode: Question and Response 42
In this month's bonus episode, Melissa and Jam respond to comments and questions about freezing point depres…
2 years, 10 months ago
How do gemstones get their color?
Episode 158
#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 diff…
2 years, 11 months ago
What is silver tarnish?
Episode 73
#073 Rebroadcast
Well if you haven't experienced silver tarnish yourself, then you've almost certainly heard people complain about it. Can anything …
2 years, 11 months ago
How do smoke alarms detect smoke? (part 2)
Episode 157
#157
Part Two: When smoke alarms aren't beeping at us to replace their batteries, they are sitting, watching, waiting for the perfect moment, waitin…
2 years, 11 months ago
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, freez…
2 years, 11 months ago
How do smoke alarms detect smoke? (part 1)
Episode 156
#156
When smoke alarms aren't beeping at us to replace their batteries, they are sitting, watching, waiting for the perfect moment, waiting for smok…
2 years, 11 months ago
Baking soda and baking powder: What's the difference?
Episode 9
#009 Rebroadcast
Baking powder? Baking soda? I mean they're both white powders with the word "baking" in it. How different could they be? Well, one …
3 years ago
How does baking soda eliminate odors?
Episode 155
#155
So baking soda, do you bake it? Can you drink it? What's the deal? And specifically for the purposes of this episode, how does it eliminate odo…
3 years ago
Bonus: Are candles toxic? (and other questions)
Episode 226
Bonus Episode: Question and Response 40
In this month's bonus episode, Melissa and Jam respond to comments and questions about smells, candles, vine…
3 years ago