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Reactions
How to Tell if Your Oven is a Liar - Chemistry Life Hacks
We look at a chemistry life hack to tell if your oven is accurately reading its temp.
How Can You See an Atom?
Reactions is a show that uncovers the chemistry all around us. We answer the burning questions you’ve always wanted to ask, blending the worlds of science and every-day life.
How Can You See an Atom?
Season 2 Episode 18 | 5m 35s
Reactions takes a close up look at the science of how we can see an atom. Since ancient Greek times, philosophers and scientists have tried to figure out what an atom looks like. For a couple thousand years, humans could only speculate on the structure and other properties of the smallest unit of matter. It wasn't until the 1980s that chemists could see individual atoms.
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