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    Chemistry

    Chemistry For Your Life

    A podcast that helps you understand the fascinating chemistry hidden in your everyday life.

    Have you ever wondered why onions make you cry? Or how soap gets your hands clean? What really is margarine, or why do trees change colors in the fall? Melissa is a chemist, and to answer these questions she started a podcast, called Chemistry for your life!

    In each episode Melissa explains the chemistry behind one of life’s mysteries to Jam, who is definitely not a chemist, but she explains it in a way that is easy to understand, and totally fascinating.

    If you’re someone who loves learning new things, or who wonders about the way the world works, then give us a listen.

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    Bonus: Why is butter yellow? (and other questions) Jun 08, 2023
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    Bonus Episode: Question and Response 44

    In this month's bonus episode, Melissa and Jam respond to comments and questions about butter, popcorn, vinegar and baking soda, being a dad, and more!

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    What is the greenhouse effect? Jun 01, 2023
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    #162

    Here's another summer topic, if you live in a somewhat warmer climate area, you've undoubtedly notice that cars can get insanely hot during the summer. We live in Texas, and cars can get so hot that it's dangerous. What the heck is going on there? We all know this to be the case, but why exactly? Let's talk about it.

    References from this episode

    1. https://www.acs.org/climatescience/climatesciencenarratives/what-is-the-greenhouse-effect.html#:~:text=All%20gases%20whose%20molecules%20have,temperature%20for%20billions%20of%20years.
    2. https://www.noaa.gov/jetstream/atmosphere
    3. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22759590/
    4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cimZGu5GadQ&&t=84s
    5. https://youtu.be/cimZGu5GadQ?t=84s
    6. https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/oxygen/3005899.article
    7. https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/carbon-dioxide/3005728.article
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    Why does carbonated water have a taste? May 25, 2023
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    #026 Rebroadcast

    This week, Melissa and Jam discuss part of an often requested topic: carbonation. Does it have a taste? Like why does carbonated water taste different than flat water? And what is carbonation in the first place? Does it give you unusually long life? How is it so refreshing? We answer some of those questions.

    References from this episode

    1. The Taste of Carbonation - Jayaram Chandrashekar, David Yarmolinsky, Lars von Buchholtz, Yuki Oka, William Sly, Nicholas J. P. Ryba, Charles S. Zuker
    2. Scientists Discover Protein Receptor for Carbonation Taste - National Institutes of Health
    3. Carbonation Has a Taste - Scientific American
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    What is popcorn? May 18, 2023
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    #161

    Summer's here, blockbusters are coming out, people will be headed to the movies, and nothing goes better with a movie... than popcorn. At least that's how we feel around here. But what even is popcorn? Are the kernels just like regular corn? How do they pop to become popcorn? What even is the stuff we're eating? Can someone please tell me what's going on?? Let's dig in.

    References from this episode

    1. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/bm049220l
    2. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0733521083800071
    3. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsif.2014.1247#d3e573
    4. https://ag.purdue.edu/news/2020/02/whats-under-the-shell-of-this-popular-snack.html
    5. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/explore-the-pop-in-popcorn
    6. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/04/050415112829.htm
    7. https://extension.umn.edu/vegetables/growing-popcorn
    8. https://www.compoundchem.com/2017/01/19/popcorn/
    9. https://royalsociety.org/blog/2015/02/the-science-of-popcorn/
    10. https://www.acs.org/education/whatischemistry/adventures-in-chemistry/secret-science-stuff/popcorn.html
    11. https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/plant-science-at-the-dinner-table-popcorn
    12. https://extension.wvu.edu/lawn-gardening-pests/gardening/wv-garden-guide/growing-popcorn-in-west-virginia
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    Bonus: Can coffee get HOTTER in an insulated mug? (and other questions) May 11, 2023
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    Bonus Episode: Question and Response 43

    In this month's bonus episode, Melissa and Jam respond to comments and questions about coffee in thermoses, yeast, intermolecular forces, plastic wrap, and more!

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    What is whipped cream? May 04, 2023
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    #160

    Recently we talked about how butter is made from cream, but how is whipped cream made from cream? What is whipping? How does whip cream get foamy and stay foamy? What's happening at the molecular level? Let's find out.

    References from this episode

    1. The development of structure in whipped cream https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1130&context=foodmicrostructure
    2. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118881194.ch13#:~:text=A%20foam%20is%20a%20dispersion,the%20stability%20of%20the%20foam.
    3. Development of a model whipped cream: Effects of emulsion droplet liquid/solid character and added hydrocolloid https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0268005X0700032X
    4. https://blogs.extension.iastate.edu/answerline/2020/12/22/whipped-cream-tips-for-perfecting-by-stabilizing/
    5. https://uwyoextension.org/uwnutrition/newsletters/stabilizing-whipped-cream/
    6. Experimental Food Science (third edition) Milk and Milk Products
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    What are trans fats and are they evil? Apr 27, 2023
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    #004 Rebroadcast

    This week Melissa and Jam talk about some of the possible unexpected results of hydrogenation, including trans fats.

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    What is butter? Apr 20, 2023
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    #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, whatter is butter? How do we turn cream into butter, and what is happening at the molecular level? Let's find out.

    References from this episode

    1. https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/they_did_what_to_your_milk
    2. https://www.compoundchem.com/2018/06/02/milk/
    3. Biochemistry, 4th edition - Garrett & Grisham
    4. https://edu.rsc.org/primary-science/how-to-make-butter/4011889.article
    5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6836175/
    6. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34065288/
    7. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308814612009363
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    Bonus: How does lightning striking sand create glass? (and other questions) Apr 13, 2023
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    Bonus Episode: Question and Response 42

    In this month's bonus episode, Melissa and Jam respond to comments and questions about freezing point depression, super-heated water, what salt does to yeast, video games, and more!

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    How do gemstones get their color? Apr 06, 2023
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    #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 different colors happen naturally? And how can those colors be replicated in lab-made gemstones? Let's get into it.

    References from this episode

    1. https://www.acs.org/education/students/highschool/chemistryclubs/activities/jewelry-science.html
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