Chemistry Jokes Chemistry jokes, humor, and cartoons from Jupiter Scientific; Links to science jokes, physics jokes, astronomy jokes, and biology jokes. | Home | Books | Reports | Reviews | Contact Us | Virtual Astronomer | Press Releases | If you didn't get the joke, you probably didn't understand the science behind it. If this is the case, it's a chance for you to learn a little chemistry. Chemistry Joke 1: Outside his buckyball home, one molecule overheard another molecule saying, "I'm positive that a free electron once stripped me of an electron after he lepton me. You gotta keep your ion them." Chemistry Joke 2: A chemistry professor couldn't resist interjecting a little philosophy into a class lecture. Chemistry Joke 3: One day on the Tonight Show, Jay Leno showed a classified add that read: "Do you have mole problems? Chemistry Joke 4: A student comes into his lab class right at the end of the hour. Fe - Fe / \ Fe Fe \ / Fe - Fe See explanation PhD PhD \ / C - C / \ C C \ / C - C
Zero Energy Home Glows Green When it’s Good for the Planet So often Prius owners are accused of being pious and smug – just wanting you to know how virtuous they are; by doing the right thing for the planet. This zero energy home takes that protest-too-much quality one step further: It advertises frankly to the neighbors when it is creating more energy than it is using. How? But what if the house is not making enough energy for its inhabitants? Wouldn’t that make your house next door feel just a little piggy? But, on the other hand; this has its good side. It’s not so hard to make your home an energy producer rather than an energy consumer. The south-facing side of the roof is almost half solar panels. Ground temperature remains always an even 55 degrees or so, regardless of surface temperatures; whether it is an icy 20 below or whether it’s lemonade weather – 110 in the shade. So simply passing pipes through the house and down in the ground can cool a summer house and get the warming of a winter house begun.
The Light Bulb Effect - Bulb Candles by Helbert Ferreira & Remi Melander - SYSTEM DESIGN STUDIO The Light Bulb Effect Let me put on my monocle and tell you a story. You see long ago before Swan or Edison invented the lightbulb, people used candles. When lightbulbs became the norm, the candle went the way of the wind. Designers: Helbert Ferreira, Remi Melander – SYSTEM DESIGN STUDIO
Superhydrophobic spray means no more clothes to wash Ross Technology Corp is a company that specializes in steel products including non-slip flooring, security, and racks. For the tech enthusiast, that may sound a little boring, but then you hear about a byproduct of a solution they came up with to stop their steel products corroding. Metal corrodes when it comes into contact with liquid such as water, so Ross engineers set about coming up with a coating to keep liquid away from the steel. What they ended up with is a silicon-based spray that not only kept steel dry, it could also be applied to many different surfaces and materials. Rather than just concentrate on steel, Ross decided to create a new product based on the spray known as NeverWet, which we should all hopefully benefit from using soon. The spray actually uses nanoparticles and is superhydrophobic. NeverWet is being turned into a consumer product and will see a release next year, but we should also start seeing it applied to products too. via Lancaster Online and NeverWet
An Unsystematic Foreshadowing: J. A. R. Newlands John Alexander Reina Newlands (1837-1898; see photo at the Edgar Fahs Smith collection, University of Pennsylvania) was born in Southwark, England. He briefly attended the Royal College of Chemistry and was an assistant there. He spent most of his life in and around London, working as a private analytical chemist, as a teacher of chemistry, and for many years as the chief chemist at a sugar refinery. Opinions concerning the amount of credit which Newlands deserves for uncovering the periodic law varied greatly during his lifetime and continue to do so. Twentieth-century judgments echo Newlands' contemporaries. Having revealed where I stand, I invite you to examine and assess Newlands' work on the subject. On Relations among the Equivalents[1] J. To the Editor of the CHEMICAL NEWS. SIR,--Many chemists, and M. The following are among the most striking relations observed on comparing the equivalents of analogous elements. Group I. Group II. Group III. Group IV. I am, &c. P.S. John A. John A.
The World’s First Energy-Generating Revolving Door Harvesting the kinetic energy generated by crowds of people is one of our favorite approaches to renewable energy. Recently Netherlands-based Natuurcafé La Port installed an energy generator in a rotating door, so every time someone walks in for a cup of coffee, they give just a little bit of their energy back to the coffee shop. We keep saying that solving the problem of global warming will require that we open up new doors in the field of renewable energy, but we must admit that we never expected to mean it literally! The door was part of the refurbishment of the Driebergen-Zeist railway station designed out by architecture firm RAU and built by Boon Edam. The door is expected to generate around 4600 kwh of energy each year, which may not sound like much – but every little bit helps. + Boon Edam + Natuurcafé La Port
Deer found in middle ocean What is that?! Can it be, really!!! It ‘s a DEER!!! Not too much of a struggle? He was very glad to be on board. He was sooo tired and was glad to get into our boat and rest! And yes, we turned him loose when we got back to shore. Top 10 Popular Shot & Shooter Recipes | The Intoxicologist Today, September 22, marks the day for the fastest drinking record; Dustin Phillips of the United States consumed a 14 ounce bottle of Ketchup through a 1/4” straw in 33 seconds flat ten years ago. Ketchup seems a nasty ‘beverage’ to guzzle willingly, yet many enthusiastic participants flock to bars weekly to start (or end) the evening with the downing of a shot that none would eagerly sip slowly enough to take in the flavor or texture for a lingering moment on the tongue. Admittedly there are many shot recipes that make the conversion to cocktail easily. However, many prefer shots and shooters too horrid to down without holding the nose or throwing them back feverishly with a beer chaser or *gasp* water back. Buttery Nipple 1 ounce Butterscotch Schnapps 1/2 ounce Irish Cream Pour Butterscotch Schnapps in bottom of a shot glass. At one time the Buttery Nipple was a favorite of mine, but I never could quite ‘shoot it’ due to the total sweetness of the concoction. 1 ounce Rum Irish Car Bomb
Black Snakes or Glow Worms - Make Your Own Fireworks Black snakes, sometimes called glow worms, are small tablets that you light, using a punk or a lighter, that burn to produce long black 'snakes' of ash. They produce some smoke (which had a characteristic, probably toxic odor), but no fire or explosion. The original fireworks used to contain salts of a heavy metal (such as mercury), so while they were marketed for kids to play with, they really weren't that much safer than conventional fireworks, just dangerous in a different way. However, there is a safe way to make black snakes. Soda & Sugar Black Snake Materials sand alcohol or fuel oil (I didn't have any high-proof alcohol on hand, so I used lighter fluid left over from the handheld fireballs project) baking soda sugar (I used powdered sugar, but you can grind table sugar in a coffee grinder) Make SnakesMix 4 parts powdered sugar with 1 part baking soda. 2 NaHCO3 → Na2CO3 + H2O + CO2 C2H5OH + 3 O2 → 2 CO2 + 3 H2O
Living Off the Grid: How to Generate Your Own Electricity | Danny Lipford Our off the grid house near Anaconda, Montana Taking the Alternative Energy Plunge When my wife and I moved to Montana last year, we found a comfortable home on several acres with a view of the mountains. That doesn’t mean it was primitive. Solar panel with tracker Life Off the Grid The previous owner showed me the critical facilities and told me how to operate them. On our third night in the house, we went to bed as usual to the faint sound of wind outside, a sound we were already beginning to enjoy because it generated most of our power. Wind turbine I got up and went outside to check the power equipment. I had just learned the first lesson of wind and solar power: they can’t always be counted on when you need them. Battery bank Alternative Energy Cost Since then, I’ve learned the second lesson of renewable energy: while the energy may be free, it still costs more than electricity from a utility company. Electrical inverter/charger Backup Generator Backup generator Lessons Learned