Chemistry For Your Life

By Melissa and Jam, BleavScience Chemistry

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Chemistry For Your Life episodes

January 18, 2024Thermometers: what is the chemistry behind them?
#178

Thermometers tell us what temperature something is. But how do the thermometers know what the temperature is? Who tells the thermometers? Or rather, how do thermometers accurately gauge what the temperature is, consistently, in high heat and super cold? Let's find out.
References from this Episode
https://highschoolenergy.acs.org/what-is-energy/thermometers.html
We want to give a special thanks to Bri McAllister for illustrating molecules for some episodes! Please go check out Bri’s art, follow and support her at entr0pic.artstation.com and @McAllisterBri on twitter!
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37 min
January 11, 2024Bonus: How do "forever chemicals" sneak into our clothes? (and other questions)
Bonus Episode: Question and Response 51
In this month's bonus episode, Melissa and Jam respond to your comments and questions about PFAS/forever chemicals, the periodic table, chemistry and engineering, and more!

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Chelsea B

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24 min
January 04, 2024What is yogurt?
#177

Yogurt, sometimes known as thick milk. But what is it really? What happens at the molecular level, how does it become yogurt? And while we're at it, what is sour cream? Let's talk about these dairy substances.
References from this Episode
https://youtu.be/uJEkb4Hq5jY

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK234682/

https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/they_did_what_to_your_milk

https://extension.oregonstate.edu/sites/default/files/documents/8836/fs173emakingyogurt.pdf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK234682/

Biochemistry 4th edition by Garret & Grisham
We want to give a special thanks to Bri McAllister for illustrating molecules for some episodes! Please go check out Bri’s art, follow and support her at entr0pic.artstation.com and @McAllisterBri on twitter!
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Nelly Silva

Venus Rebholz

Lyn Stubblefield

Jacob Taber

Brian Kimball

Emerson Woodhall

Kristina Gotfredsen

Timothy Parker

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Chris Skupien

Chelsea B

Bri McAllister

Avishai Barnoy

Hunter Reardon
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46 min
December 28, 2023What is cheese? And what does it have in common with soap?
#104 Rebroadcast
Seriously what the heck is cheese? It's a question we've all wondered, but most of us only ever know that it's from milk—but what else? How do we turn milk into cheese? What's going on at the chemical level? And why do cheeses taste different from each other? Let's find out.
References from this episode
http://pubsapp.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/stuff/7806sci2.html?

https://youtu.be/CkSPL5I3E0Y

https://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(87)80207-2/abstract

https://youtu.be/rttkpPFNkmY

https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/resources/highschool/chemmatters/past-issues/2017-2018/december2017/cheesy-science.html
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Lyn Stubblefield

Jacob Taber

Brian Kimball

Emerson Woodhall

Kristina Gotfredsen

Timothy Parker

Steven Boyles

Chris Skupien

Chelsea B

Bri McAllister

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27 min
December 21, 2023What even is cinnamon?
#176

We're in the portion of the year where cinnamon finds its way into many things we eat and drink: our pies, our tea, our coffee, our wassail, our candles, etc. But what is cinnamon really? What's going on with it at the molecular level? What makes it unique? Let's find out
References from this Episode
https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/cinnamaldehyde/4012943.article

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8433798/
We want to give a special thanks to Bri McAllister for illustrating molecules for some episodes! Please go check out Bri’s art, follow and support her at entr0pic.artstation.com and @McAllisterBri on twitter!
Thanks to our monthly supporters
Ciara Linville

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Jeannette Napoleon

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Suzanne Phillips

Nelly Silva

Venus Rebholz

Lyn Stubblefield

Jacob Taber

Brian Kimball

Emerson Woodhall

Kristina Gotfredsen

Timothy Parker

Steven Boyles

Chris Skupien

Chelsea B

Bri McAllister

Avishai Barnoy

Hunter Reardon
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43 min
December 14, 2023Bonus: What's the chemistry of kombucha? (and other questions)
Bonus Episode: Question and Response 50
In this month's bonus episode, Melissa and Jam respond to your comments and questions about mosquitos, kombucha, coated cookware, and more!

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40 min
December 07, 2023What even is MSG? Is it bad for you?
#175

MSG! The ingredient many of us reference but few of us know anything about. What is it? Why does it make things taste so good? What's in it? Is it bad for us? If not, why does everyone think it is?
References from this Episode
https://youtu.be/VJw8r_YWJ9k

https://www.compoundchem.com/2014/08/25/msg/

https://www.nature.com/articles/1602526

https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/glutamate/3005790.article

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/enterocyte

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10942912.2017.1295260
We want to give a special thanks to Bri McAllister for illustrating molecules for some episodes! Please go check out Bri’s art, follow and support her at entr0pic.artstation.com and @McAllisterBri on twitter!
Thanks to our monthly supporters
Ciara Linville

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Jeannette Napoleon

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Suzanne Phillips

Nelly Silva

Venus Rebholz

Lyn Stubblefield

Jacob Taber

Brian Kimball

Emerson Woodhall

Kristina Gotfredsen

Timothy Parker

Steven Boyles

Chris Skupien

Chelsea B

Bri McAllister

Avishai Barnoy

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★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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48 min
November 30, 2023Why do onions make you cry?
#016 Rebroadcast
This week Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry of onion tears, the emotional reaction we all have, against our will, when cutting onions. Grab some tissues, this one's gonna burn.
References from this episode
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf60174a009

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acschembio.7b00336

https://www.nature.com/articles/419685a

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/science/onions-crying-chemicals.html

http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/pso/psov.htm

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170620122950.htm

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/scicurious-brain/ignobels-2013-the-tearless-onion/
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Lyn Stubblefield

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Kristina Gotfredsen

Timothy Parker

Steven Boyles

Chris Skupien

Chelsea B

Bri McAllister

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35 min
November 23, 2023Why does(n't) turkey make you sleepy?
#174

For many folks in the US, today is a day where we eat Turkey! And many times the factoid/rumor makes the rounds that eating turkey makes you sleepy... but does it? Let's get into it, and fair warning, it's not as simple as you think.
References from this Episode
Biochemistry, 4th edition, by Garrett & Grisham,

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-does-turkey-make-you-sleepy/

https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/tryptophan/4010774.article
We want to give a special thanks to Bri McAllister for illustrating molecules for some episodes! Please go check out Bri’s art, follow and support her at entr0pic.artstation.com and @McAllisterBri on twitter!
Thanks to our monthly supporters
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Lyn Stubblefield

Jacob Taber

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Timothy Parker

Steven Boyles

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Chelsea B

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40 min
November 16, 2023Bonus: Acronyms and Mom Memories (chemmunity style)
Bonus Episode: Chemmunity Style
For this month's bonus episode we don't have questions, so we're recording an episode in the style of our secret supporter-only podcast. Check it out and enjoy an extra episode.

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Timothy Parker

Steven Boyles

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Chelsea B

Bri McAllister

Avishai Barnoy

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★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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27 min