Is it possible to transmute lead into gold? Scientific American explains that “it is indeed possible—all you need is a particle accelerator, a vast supply of energy and an extremely low expectation of how much gold you will end up with.”For scientists and teachers who don’t have all that, there’s the golden rain experiment. In this video, Exploratorium Senior Scientist Julie Yu mixes lead nitrate Pb(NO3)2 (toxic to…… Continue reading The Alchemist: Turning Lead into Gold – Julie Yu
Day: November 13, 2019
Höstlandskap Color Palette
Carole King’s Anti-Trump Song
It has been seven years since musician Carole King has released a new song but that dry spell has finally been broken. The 76-year-old has come out of retirement and taken aim at US President Donald Trump in a reworked version of her 1977 track, ‘One’.King initially rewrote the song to play at a political…… Continue reading Carole King’s Anti-Trump Song