The startling reaction of Diet Coke and Mentos sweets was a mystery for many years
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Beer and Baby Oil: The Chemistry of Everyday Objects
Professor A. Flint and K. Anscheit developed chemistry experiments for secondary school students using everyday objects
Behind the Scenes of the Wonderlab Cartoon
Interview with Sophie Lin, a chemist in Taiwan, who started drawing the Wonderlab Cartoon Series for ChemistryViews.org in 2010
Gautam Desiraju: Follow Your Convictions
G. Desiraju, India, talks about inspiring scientists, future hopes, the situation in India, and the International Year of Crystallography
E. Peter Kündig: Chemistry in Switzerland
The President of the Swiss Chemical Society talks about their program of reform and the fascination of discovery
Go Beyond Traditional Ways
Uwe Freiherr von Lukas, Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics, Rostock, talks about Germany's first science soap
Poetry and Chemistry
Professor Mario Markus, scientist, artist, author, and poet, talks about what science can offer to art and how art can benefit science
Career: As A Chemist Coaching Managers
Dr. Gaby Schilling talks about her motivation to support people in their career and the challenges involved
Avram Hershko: Curiosity and Persistence
Nobel Laureate Avram Hershko discusses how curiosity, choosing the right research, and persistence work as a general principle for success
Dan Shechtman: Succeeding in Science
Nobel Laureate Dan Shechtman talks about the reason why quasicrystals weren't discovered earlier and his unerring belief in his experiments