Strychnine seems to be a commonly searched entry in the ChemSpider database. I am not sure whether that means there are poisoners among the users or whether it is people hoping to find out more about the recent case of …
Monthly Archives: June 2007
Did Strychnine Kill the Dinosaurs?
Posted by spinneret on June 20, 2007 8 comments
Living Chirality
Posted by spinneret on June 15, 2007 Comments Off
Extracting the Urine
Posted by spinneret on June 12, 2007 Comments Off
Kitty Crack
Posted by spinneret on June 8, 2007 Comments Off
Over on the excellent Instructables site, talbotron22 (aka Logan Sandmeyer) has found a way to extract the active ingredient, nepetalactone, from catnip (Nepeta cataria, also known as catmint) and so create a product that is essentially skunk for cats. As …
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Fluorescent Font
Posted by David Bradley on June 1, 2007 Comments Off
Making and writing with “invisible” ink was always a fascinating wet Saturday afternoon for us as kids. It usually involved lemon juice and iron, or was it wax and watercolors? Now, scientists at Xerox have taken invisible ink to the …
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