chemist

While most people have probably never heard of her, she was a pioneer in the field of polymer chemistry and, while working for DuPont she developed the para-aramid fibre Kevlar. The material was produced accidentally and it was only her intervention that prevented the first batch being...

On our stove buying trip to town to get a new one today we called into the chemist, (Read: Drugstore for Americans), to get a script filled for the wife. While waiting there I see some nicely coloured bottles of hangover cure sitting on the counter. Hey ho, this is what old Alias needs so I...

This morning, I woke up to find that there's a spot in my hair where the purple has vanished. I haven't washed it since Monday morning (my hair is damaged and dry, so I only wash it every two-three days). The only thing I can think of is that my cat occasionally chews on my hair and he was...