Durian and alcohol

The Durian, a fruit native to south-east Asia, is well known for it's pungent powerful smell that everyone hates, and it's wonderfully pleasing taste. The only problem is, for all you alcoholics, be careful when eating this wonderful fruit and drinking alcohol. It could prove fatal. There have been cases in which the victim did live, but with much pain and suffering. One instance states that the victim had chest pains, and stomach pains. He thought quickly, and drank a lot of water until he vommited. He passed out afterward, and woke up in the hospital. He was saved, either by the water, or the paramedics.

Global Warming

The world's own death. Global warming is not allowing much more of us. We are creating the death of our home, at least, so some say. I personally believe that we should be fine, at least in our lifetime, and for a few to come. Global warming is "melting the ice caps so polar bears won't be able to live". Polar bears have enough ice to suffice. It may be raising the water levels, but it won't be enough to cause much damage for a very long time.

Fire

Fire. It's mesmerizing. It's very beautiful, but have you ever truly thought about what it really is? It's confusing, deffinately that. Fire requires 3 things. Fuel, Oxygen, and heat. Technically it also requires a chemical reaction. Fire cannot exsist without any 1 of these three things. Extinguishing a fire invlolves the removal of one or more of the "helpers". The heat is what makes a fire hot (obviously). Burning is also a chemical reaction. When, for instance, skin is introduced to fire, or a hot enough surface, it will start to bubble and blister. The blistering is a part of the bodies healing process. Fire may be mesmerizing to see, but it is dangerous to the touch.

Diet soda

Diet soda. Made for people to believe that they are drinking a healthier drink. Diet drinks contain zero calories, zero sugar. Good? Yes. Alternatives? Of course. Are these alternatives good? No. Tests show that those who drink diet soda gain up to 30% more weight than those who drink normal soda. This is mostly because of the common artificial sweetner, asparatame. Asparatame can be found in almost everything. Asparatame is C14H18N2O5. Asparatame is an artificial sweetner that is genetically altered. Consuming foods that are genetically altered can be bad to us, as it can cause us to alter. So if you absolutely need soda, go with the real stuff. Not the diet. (Diet soda tastes terrible anyway)

pH and Health: how the two correlate

Acid and alkaline are very alike, yet very opposite. They both are on the pH scale, but are on opposite sides. They both can cause damage, but they do it so differently. The pH scale includes 0-14. 0-6.9 is acidic, and 7.1-14 being alkaline, 7 being neutral (a common reference for 7 being table salt). It is said that having a high acidic level in your blood can be costly, but having a high alkaline level is healthy. Some reasons that support this idea include:
Cancer and disease tend to live longer, healthier, and more active in an acidic environment. Once pH level hits 8.0, cancer can die within hours.
Acidic blood running through veins can burn your arterial walls, leading to internal bleeding, and costly results
Pains are easily caused by a high acidic level, such as: migraines and arthritis.
Properly following some strict diets, or more easily, some leniant diets can allow you to live happier and healthier. Some bad foods include:
Cola-about 2.5-2.6 acid level, this is one of the worst acidic foods/drinks to have. Can't you feel the acid working on your teeth? It's gross! If you've never felt it, try this at home experiement. Open up a nice refreshing coke, take a sip, and feel how odd your teeth feel. Bet that'll stop ya from having another "refreshing" coke. It may be "Ice cold" but it's also loaded with acid, and sugar.
Anything sugary. Another reason why the above cola is bad, as most cola's have at least 50 grams of sugar. Yuck!
So, yes acidity can cause harm to your body. So eat healthy, eat smart, and you won't have to deal with cancer, migianes, or arthritis. Stay away from soda, sugar, and you'll be good!

Thermal printer paper

Thermal paper is a different type of paper than your normal printer paper. It is printed on with heat, not ink. There are advantages to it, such as it’s economical benefit, it’s great reliability, flexibility of size, it comes in BPA free rolls (no toxins in the paper), it comes in 8 ½ x 11 (standard size), and no limit to sheets. The parts There are multiple parts to thermal printer paper. They are as follows. 1. Base paper a. This paper is what holds the chemicals, and is the sturdy structure of the paper. 2. The Under-coating a. This is to ensure a smooth look for the paper, and with which to hold the thermal coating. The smoother this coating is, the better quality the image. 3. The Thermal-coating a. This is the coating which, made of a vast amount of chemical compounds, creates an image when put under heat. How it works The thermal paper crosses over the thermal print head. The thermal coating turns black (or red if used with 2-toned printer and paper) in the heated areas. Two colors can be printed (see above). Each color that is available runs across the print head at a different temperature. Acetone on Thermal paper This video shows some cool effects with acetone on the thermal coating. Reading the comments will explain in brief detail the experiments people have done, and some of the chemistry involved.

Acetone

Acne is one of the leading causes of stress in a teenagers life. They will try many products such as Clearasil, Proactiv, Pronexin, Acnepril, Therapores, and others. All these teenagers need is chemistry. They need to know that acne is all oil based eruptions. To get rid of oil, you need something that breaks it down. Acetone will do the trick. C3H6O is the chemical formula. Acetone, also known as propanone, is an organic compound (that says it has carbon in it). Acetone will break down the oils in your skin (you can feel it working immediately) and will get rid of all that gross acne. If you're an acne sufferer, try this out. You will find it will probably work!

Glowy!

Have you ever seen a black light? Most people have, but probably don't know what it is. A black light is much different than your typical "normal" or white light. The human eye sees the range of the colors of the rainbow. Nothing more. White light is the light the sun gives off. Man-made white light is the brightest light bulb you've ever seen. The white light has the colors of the rainbow in it, the most often seen being red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. Now black light, or essentially no light at all, doesn't have any of these colors. (Now you're probably looking up into space thinking, "There's no light up there, no colors, those aliens must not need to see!" but there is a wider range of light and color, in which cannot see. We probably see as much to the aliens as a black and white movie.) If you look at the keyboard in front of you, you see, whatever color the keyboard is. That is the color that white light reflects to your eyes, so it's essentially every color but that. Take a highlighter, and draw somewhere on your body. It doesn't matter where, but keep it appropiate. You can barely see it, right? That's because white light does not reflect much off of highlighter ink. (You may think it reflects well on paper, but just wait) Now highlight on a piece of paper. It's very bright, yes? Now take a black light and shine it on the highlighter on the paper and your skin. On your skin, you can see exactly what you wrote, quite clearly, correct? And on paper, it's very bright. This is because the highlighter reflects the darker light rays better than the white light rays. If you find a scorpion, shine the black light on it, but with caution. You'll notice it glows. This is because it's blood contains substances that reflect dark rays much better than white rays. Have fun coloring yourself with highlighter!

Electricity

Electricity. What a mysterious thing. It seems as though when you can't see something, you have no idea what it is. Which only powers the human's gift of curiosity. Electricity is the flow of charge from one point to another, usually - to +. There MUST be a complete circuit for the electricity to flow from point A to point B. No questions asked. Do you ever wonder what particle is required for electricity to flow? I give you one guess. That's right! The electron. (If you couldn't guess that, you may need help, being that the two words alone start with electr.)