Chemistry

Egyptian Blue, The World's Oldest Synthetic Pigment, Gets Recreated

Anti-science activists have been in a war on food coloring for decades, and with one of their own having power in the new presidential administration, have even banned some, but artificial dyes have been used in many products for millennia. ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 2 2025 - 8:55am

NEW: Infuzide Shows Promise Against Multidrug Resistant Pathogens

There is no balance of nature and never has been, the universe is always looking for new ways to kill and create, which is why pathogens evolve resistance to drugs over time. It is estimated that antimicrobial resistance causes over 1,000,000 deaths each y ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 2 2025 - 9:26am

With New Acceptance Of Vaccines, The Left Needs To Rethink Pesticides Next

A few short years ago, the western left- America and Europe- had a holy trinity of things they opposed; medicine, food, and energy. There is no hope for energy, even 100% higher electricity rates in places like Germany and California won't get them to ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 11 2025 - 1:43pm

Isoprene: Plants Can Make Their Own Pesticide But The Environmental Cost Is High

As the developed world becomes more removed from science and health, it is easier to embrace beliefs that science and medicine are not needed at all, with some claiming that vaccines and pesticides are not really needed, the natural world can do it without ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 16 2025 - 9:47am

What Happened The Day Before You Died 800 Years Ago? The Chemistry Answer

A young child buried in the medieval town of Ribe in Denmark 800 years ago had an unpleasant life even before that- because the child had been given a large dose of mercury in an attempt to cure a severe, ongoing illness.  A new methodology developed by c ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 22 2025 - 2:46pm

Seventh Generation Crisis: 'Green' Products For Women Under Fire By PFAS Activists

'Green' chemical products have generally gotten a pass from the environmental community but with one of their own, former Natural Resources Defense Council lawyer Robert F. Kennedy, now in charge of a gigantic government health agency and going a ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 25 2025 - 11:53am

Methanetetrol: We're In A 'Super Alcohol' Timeline Now

Methanetetrol, the only alcohol which has four hydroxyl groups (OH) at a single carbon atom, is out of this world. Scientists meant that literally, it had been only theorized because it cannot occur naturally in Earth's everyday conditions but in extr ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 31 2025 - 2:34pm

Don't Worry About EWG ‘Toxic Toys’, Worry About Toxic Plants Instead

Every year around this time, scare-mongering “consumer” groups such as The Environmental Working Group (EWG) spew out alerts about allegedly toxic toys, specifying numerous “chemicals of concern” that parents should shun, based on EWG’s ...

Article - Gil Ross - Aug 28 2025 - 9:55pm

How Synthetic Pumpkin Spice Took Fall Away From Organic Apples

In 2003, the Human Genome Project was completed and both Tesla and LinkedIn were founded. Those were all interesting but not revolutionary; cars and job sites already existed, and we knew a lot about DNA, we just didn't have a complete "map" ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 22 2025 - 9:47am

Make Your Own Halloween Slime- In Both Gen X And Hippie-Dippie Baloney Versions

If a politician who used to be a Natural Resources Defense Council lawyer hasn’t banned all food coloring by the time you read this, here is how you can make your own green slime. In both Gen X- chemicals that sound like chemicals- and more natural-soundi ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 21 2025 - 3:44pm