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Summary: Perfect for science teachers, parents and kids with big curiosities, Bytesize Science is an educational, entertaining podcast for young listeners from the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society. Available every Wednesday morning, it translates scientific discoveries from ACS’ 36 journals into intriguing stories for kids of all ages about science, medicine, energy, food and much more.

Podcasts:

  How To Prevent Hangovers With Science | File Type: audio/x-mov | Duration: 1:59

New Years Eve is just around the corner, and just in case you celebrate a little too hard, we're offering you some chemistry fueled tips on how to stave that hangover. You know, to better help you not drop the ball so you can get a head start on your resolutions. Happy New Years folks!

  Shedding Light on Seasonal Affective Disorder | File Type: audio/x-mov | Duration: 1:59

As the days get shorter, darker and colder, people seem to be getting gloomier. For folks with seasonal affective disorder, the changing seasons can make them sadder than most, to the point of depression. Why does this happen? What can someone with the condition do about it? Reactions has the chemistry to explain this disorder and some possible treatments.

  Nerding out on Star Wars Science | File Type: audio/x-mov | Duration: 1:59

Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens with its intense plot will have you on the edge-of-your-seat. But is it possible to create a real-life lightsaber or build a Death Star laser?

  LIFE HACK: How to Sharpen Your Knife Without a Sharpener | File Type: audio/x-mov | Duration: 1:59

Dull knives and not having a knife sharpener is a drag. This chemistry life hack is going to have you going straight MacGyver up on that lame point of yours.

  LIFE HACK - How to Tell if Your Oven is a Liar | File Type: audio/x-mov | Duration: 1:59

You have probably had the burning sensation of eating a jalapeno or other tear-inducing pepper. What causes this painful fire in your mouth? The short answer is capsaicin. But what exactly is capsaicin? How does it work? Why do people drink milk to relieve the pain? Reactions has the chemistry to answer all of these sizzling questions.

  LIFE HACK - How to Save Spoiled Wine | File Type: audio/x-mov | Duration: 1:59

Wine drinkers rejoice, if you've got a bottle of wine that's pumping out bad smells, we've got a life hack to help you save your wine and your relaxing evening.

  Why Are Hot Peppers Hot? (And How Milk Helps) | File Type: audio/x-mov | Duration: 1:59

You have probably had the burning sensation of eating a jalapeno or other tear-inducing pepper. What causes this painful fire in your mouth? The short answer is capsaicin. But what exactly is capsaicin? How does it work? Why do people drink milk to relieve the pain? Reactions has the chemistry to answer all of these sizzling questions.

  The Future of Fake Meat | File Type: audio/x-mov | Duration: 1:59

Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and today instead of going on about good turkey is, we're going to do our vegetarian friends a solid: let's talk about what could possibly replace it in the future. That's right folks, we're on a new horizon of creating fake meats that taste and feel just like the real thing. So while some of you carnivores out there might cringe over the sight of a Thanksgiving tofurkey, just remember that just a little bit down the line the artificial replacement could be just as good as the real thing (and way better for the environment).

  Do Vitamin Supplements Really Work? | File Type: audio/x-mov | Duration: 1:59

You’ve seen them in late night commercials and at your local pharmacy—little pills that claim to cure your cold, help you wake up or maybe help you lose weight. Vitamin and mineral supplements are everywhere and generate billions of dollars in revenue in the U.S. each year. But do they really work?

  How to Survive a Real-Life "Fallout" | File Type: audio/x-mov | Duration: 1:59

It’s a big week for gamers now that the long-anticipated Fallout 4 video game is out. The series takes place in a world decades after nuclear war has destroyed most of civilization. Only those who hid in fallout shelters survived. While this idea works in a fictional game universe, could humans really survive for years or even decades in such a shelter? This week, Reactions looks at the basics of survival in a world riddled with radiation.

  How to Make the Perfect Grilled Cheese Sandwich | File Type: audio/x-mov | Duration: 1:59

Consider this a chemical ode to one of the finest comfort foods ever created, the grilled cheese sandwich. Cheese making is an incredibly complex chemical process, and at a certain point, you may have learned the hard way that some cheeses simply don’t make the grill grade. Why is it that some cheeses melt perfectly while others crumble into a nasty, oily mess? Today we’re going answer that question for you, and while we’re at it, we wanted to offer you some scientific advice on how to optimize your ingredients for the perfect grilled cheese experience.

  What Happens When You're About to Die? | File Type: audio/x-mov | Duration: 1:59

This one goes out to all of our slasher flick fans out there. We love horror films here at Reactions, so in honor of all of those chased by monsters, villains, and zombies out there, we decided to take a closer look at what happens chemically in your brain and body right before you die. After you watch the video, do us a huge favor and post your favorite slasher flick down in the comments. Happy Halloween!

  What is the Blackest Black? | File Type: audio/x-mov | Duration: 1:59

Go to any paint store or nail-polish shelf and you’ll see a dozen or so variations of the color black. Even inside a crayon box, there are a lot of shades. But what is the blackest black out there? This week, in honor of the 2015 National Chemistry Week theme of “Chemistry Colors Our World,” Reactions looks for the blackest black material.

  The World's Smallest Robots: Rise of the Nanomachines | File Type: audio/x-mov | Duration: 1:59

Nanomachines – including nano-sized motors, rockets and even cars – are many orders of magnitude smaller than a human cell, but they have huge promise. In the future, they could deliver drugs anywhere in the body, clean up oil spills and might even be used as artificial muscle cells.

  How Pee Brought You The Modern World | File Type: audio/x-mov | Duration: 1:59

You might not believe it, but there was a time when urine, yes urine, was prized by chemists. Pee played a part in some of the most significant discoveries in science, and it helped shape the modern world. This week, Reactions looks at the reasons why pee was once the “number one” material in chemistry.

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