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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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    Why does rain smell? Apr 14, 2022
    Show notes

    #029 Rebroadcast

    What's that smell? This week, Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry of smell. Now a lot of smell science has to do with our physiology and neurology. We'll talk some about that, but the chemistry has to do with the actual smells in the air. What are they? How do they get into the air? How can we detect them with our noses and brains? Why does rain have a smell, and why does it smell good? Let's find out.

    References from this episode

    1. Aerosol generation by raindrop impact on soil - Young Soo Joung & Cullen R. Buie, Nature Communications
    2. 2 Americans Win Nobel for Demystifying Sense of Smell - Lawrence K. Altman, The New York Times
    3. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2004 Press Release - Richard Axel & Linda B. Buck, The Nobel Prize
    4. A Novel Multigene Family May Encode Odorant Receptors: A Molecular Basis for Odor Recognition - Buck and Axel
    5. Chemists and bad smells (and sulfur): A productive pairing - Ashutosh Jogalekar, Scientific American
    6. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/reactions/videos/2017/the-smell-of-durian-explained.html
    7. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/reactions/videos/2018/whats-that-after-rain-smell-made-of.html
    Find us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @ChemForYourLife. Email us at chemforyourlife@gmail.com And check out our chill, simple little website at https://chemforyourlife.transistor.fm/

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    Why do lobsters turn red? (when we cook them) Apr 07, 2022
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    #132

    When you think of lobsters, you probably always imagine them being red. But they're only actually red after they die, or more specifically, after we cook them. Why? Is it because being cooked is really embarrassing? That's what I thought too but the real explanation is more complicated and very chemical. Let's find out.

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    References from this episode

    1. https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/rainbow-colorful-lobsters#:~:text=But%20when%20a%20lobster%20is,in%20the%20Northeastern%20U.S.%20ocean.
    2. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/newsreleases/2013/august/the-chemistry-behind-lobster-color-and-shell-disease-new-acs-vid.html
    3. http://news.neaq.org/2013/08/the-colorful-chemistry-of-lobster-shells.html
    4. https://www.nature.com/articles/news050214-4#:~:text=When%20a%20lobster%20is%20boiled,lobster%20its%20freshly%2Dcooked%20colour.
    5. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jp401873k
    6. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.152088999
    7. https://www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.152088999
    8. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja045049%2B

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    Bonus: What do sunscreen and paint have in common? (and other questions) Mar 31, 2022
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    Bonus Episode: Question and Response 29

    In this month's bonus episode, Melissa and Jam respond to comments and questions about soda bubbles, mentos, raisins, sunscreen, and more!

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    Why do sodas explode? (when we shake them) Mar 24, 2022
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    #131

    We've all shaken up a carbonated drink, either accidentally or on purpose, so we all know what happens. But why? Why does simply shaking it agitate the carbonation so much? And why do shaken sodas overflow the can so much?

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    References from this episode

    1. http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=2210#:~:text=The%20carbonation%20is%20due%20to,the%20drink%20to%20go%20flat.
    2. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-does-a-shaken-soda-fi/
    3. https://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=623&t=soda-explosions!

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    Why is the sky blue? Mar 17, 2022
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    #034 Rebroadcast

    This week, Melissa and Jam explore the oldest question in the book. But we're not going to answer it. Just kidding. Why the HECK is the sky blue? And also why are there times that it isn't? Sunrise? Sunset? Nightime? Sky, what are your mysteries? Tell us your secrets. Hide not your face from me.

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    References from this episode

    1. Why is the sky blue? - NASA Space Place
    2. Why is the sky blue? - Philip Gibbs, University of California Riverside
    3. General Chemistry, Edition 2 - Flowers, Theopold, Langley, Robinson
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    Bonus: Chemistry and Greek myths? (and other questions) Mar 10, 2022
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    Bonus Episode: Question and Response 28

    In this month's bonus episode, Melissa and Jam respond to comments and questions about greek myth analogies, hydrogen peroxide, benzoyl peroxide, alkaline water, coffee, sitcoms, and more!

    References

    1. https://academic.oup.com/plphys/article/119/4/1251/6096311?login=true
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    Why do we use hydrogen peroxide? (and should we?) Mar 04, 2022
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    #130

    For many people, hydrogen peroxide has been an essential first aid tool. Should it be? And before we answer that question, what even is hydrogen peroxide? How does it work? Why does it bubble? How does it clean wounds?

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    References from this episode

    1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5768111/#B8
    2. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.7b03296
    3. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature08119
    4. https://link.springer.com/article/10.2165/00139709-200423010-00006
    5. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/10755530360623383
    6. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/12218961_Hydrogen_peroxide_in_the_human_body
    7. https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/chemicals/organic/organic_peroxide.html
    8. https://pdb101.rcsb.org/motm/57
    9. https://academic.oup.com/plphys/article/119/4/1251/6096311?login=true

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    How does bleach remove color? Feb 24, 2022
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    #031 Rebroadcast

    How does bleach bleach stuff? Oh and also, what even is color? This week Melissa and Jam investigate these questions. What's the molecular makeup of color and then how does bleach alter that? How does bleach have enough power to ruin that hoodie you just bought? How could you have been foolish enough to handle bleach while wearing your new hoodie?

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    References from this episode

    1. The Chemical Origins of Color - Mary Virginia Orna
    2. Chemistry, Color, and Art - Mary Virginia Orna
    3. The chemistry of Bleaching and Oxidizing Agents - Gustaf Holst
    4. Conjugation And Color (+ How Bleach Works) - James Ashenhurst
    5. How does bleach whiten clothes and why does it ruin clothes if too much is applied? - UCSB Scienceline
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    Why are blue jeans actually dyed yellow? Feb 17, 2022
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    #129

    Are you sitting down? Because we've got some news for you. Those blue jeans you own, they weren't actually dyed blue. They were dyed YELLOW. That doesn't make any sense right? Well it might, if you listen to this episode.

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    References from this episode

    1. https://cen.acs.org/articles/89/i43/Blue-Jeans.html?utm_source=YMAL&utm_medium=YMAL&utm_campaign=CEN&utm_content=pos3
    2. https://youtu.be/kiMBFKwnxzI

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    Bonus: Is higher pH water better? (and other questions) Feb 10, 2022
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    Bonus Episode: Question and Response 27

    In this month's bonus episode, Melissa and Jam respond to comments and questions about stretching molecules, stigmas around organic chemistry, drinking higher pH (alkaline) water, cool chemistry jobs, and more!

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