Words of Science

What has the alchemist searched for all their life?  What does catalysis mean in English?  Answers to these and more in this episode of "Words of Science".

Why is a heart attack commonly called a 'coronary'?  Why are veins named the way they are named?  Answers to these and more in this episode of "Words of Science".

What's the difference between a carnivore, herbivore and an omnivore?  Find out in this episode of "Words of Science".

What's the difference between a benign tumor and a malignant tumor?  What does astrology have to do with real science?  Answers to these and more in this episode of "Words of Science".

Ever wondered how trees get water higher than a 2-story building without a pump?  Or why water in test tubes make a little crescent?  Find out in this episode of "Words of Science".

What's the difference between 'calorie' and 'Calorie'?  What exactly is heat and how is it measured?  Answers to these and more in this episode of Words of Science.

Where does the word 'calendar' come from?  How many weeks were in a month originally?  Answers to these and more await you in this episode of "Words of Science".

What does British mathematician Isaac Newton have to do with Calcium?  And how is Calcium related to the earliest known mechanical device for solving arithmetical problems?  Answers to these and more in this episode of "Words of Science".

Why is vitamin D known as the "sunshine vitamin"?  Find out the answer to this and more in this episode of "Words of Science"?

Where does caffeine get its name from?  What is the active ingredient?  Answers to these questions and more in this episode of "Words of Science".