Tag: Chemistry
Rainy Holiday Weekend? Don’t Let It Get You Down — Appreciate the Wonder of Water
How is water the “universal solvent”? What is viscosity? How does water keep temperatures stable?
Water — A Grand Story of Intelligent Design, Told by Michael Denton
Its unique properties allow it to fill many roles throughout the biological world, from forming the matrix of our cells, to regulating the temperature of our planet.
At Bridalveil Fall — Michael Denton on the Wonder of Water
Thanks to a unique cluster of properties, water is able to fulfill many roles essential to our living planet.
Anomalous Aspects of Common Water
The subject of Michael Denton’s new book — water — is ubiquitous, as indeed for living creatures it must be.
On Origin of Life, Synthetic Chemist James Tour Delivers Chastisement to Jeremy England
“[U]nder certain conditions, matter inexorably acquires the key physical attribute associated with life.” Oh, really, does it?