Antlers of Iron

http://www.extracrispy.com/video/2302/breakfast-science-with-justin-warner-coffee

ride on, chemistry cowboys, ride on

From Tissandier’s “The marvels of the elements, and the strange effects of their combination…” (1888) - two common pyrotechnics, the Pharoah’s serpent (similar to the black snake) and what appears to be a sparkler.  Pharoah’s serpents are created in the exothermic reaction when mercuric thiocyanate is heated. Needless to say, we don’t see them anymore as they are extremely toxic if ingested.

Tissandier was a chemist, meteorologist, aviator and founder of the weekly scientific magazine La Nature.

The DNA Replication Complex, an assembly of proteins that synthesizes new DNA before cell division.  It consists of Helicase, Primase, Single-strand binding proteins, and DNA polymerase III.  Because DNA strands can only be copied in one direction, the complex must pull out loops of one strand and replicate it in fragments.  At this moment there are hundreds of trillions of these molecular machines in constant activity within your body.

be sure to check out Drew Berry’s full DNA animation here, it will rock your genetic socks off. He also gave a fine TED talk about how he animates the unseeable world of biology.

In humans, this process is happening at the staggering speed of 3,000 DNA bases per minute. And in bacteria? Would you believe 30,000 bases per minute?!? That’s 500 nucleotides per second!!!

YEAH  YOU DNA REPLICATION COMPLEX! YOU GO! YOU DO YOUR THANG! NOBODY CAN (or wants to) STOP YOU!

Ceramic chemistry tea set by Russian art and design collective Art Lebedev designed in  the traditional Russian Gzhel pattern

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