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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.

Rubbing two balloons together leads George to a shocking discovery.
Is baking soda a legal, performance enhancing drug?
George tries to make electricity using dialysis tubing, toilet parts, and a baby turbine.
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Rubbing two balloons together leads George to a shocking discovery.
Is baking soda a legal, performance enhancing drug?
George tries to make electricity using dialysis tubing, toilet parts, and a baby turbine.
Alex wonders what happens when hot water freezes quicker than room temperature water?
Could a seemingly magical 300-year-old technology save us from climate change?
Fluoride is everywhere in the discourse but here’s what the research actually says.
How does a lifesaving drug vanish into thin air?
is there really a difference in the Coca-Cola from Mexico?
Alex made some kidney stones at home and tested prevention methods to keep them at bay.
An email from a subscriber made us question everything we thought we knew about trees.
The 15 ways that color happens. It's all about the electrons. Well, almost.
This element powers glow in the dark exit signs, keychains, and costs $30,000 per gram.
Scientific fraud rocked the Alzheimer’s research community. Did it help point to a cure?
Alex Dainis explores whether or not your milk needs to be pasteurized. Yes, it really does.
George tests a revolutionary new way to stick stuff together.
Sometimes the difference between life-saving drug and deadly side effect is chirality.
What happens when you eat morel mushrooms.
WARNING: this video contains incredible macro footage of supercooled water droplets nucleating ice.
Let’s dive into the science behind ocean alkalinization!
Discover why curdled milk is the key to the best cocktail you’ll ever taste.
Scientists are finding the building blocks of carbon ring structures… out in space!
George becomes a pyromaniac to figure out if ammonia is the fuel of the future.
Counterfeit detection pens use a starch-iodine reaction. We fool them using chemistry!
Why Alex is terrified of antibiotic resistance, and what chemists are doing about it
Are liquid, virtually fireproof, recyclable batteries the future of grid-scale storage?
Join George as he hunts for an antidote to deadly mushrooms.
George tests a newly discovered technique that could solve a recycling problem.
How does lime juice turn raw fish into delicious ceviche? We explain with biochemistry!
Forever Chemicals last… forever. Can a new technology finally send them to their doom?
Reducing the carbon footprint of concrete and cement by relying on biology.
Mosquitos really do prefer some people over others, and this Reactions ep explains why!
Discover the single most important chemical reaction on Earth, and why we need to kill it.
This week Reactions dives into something truly out-of-this-world: amorphous ice.
Are we about to re-define meat? If so, what is meat?!
How do carbon dioxide molecules trap heat in our atmosphere?
Why has the European Union banned certain colors for tattoos?
Fluffy, delicious bread results when starch gelatinization and flour chemistry combine!
Can we solve electric vehicle fires before we fully understand what’s happening?
Join George (and, occasionally, Andrew) as they chart corn’s epic chemical journey.
We explore and learn anywhere between the 20 and 74,963 kinds of ice.
Extras
Get ready to kick back and relax by the fire this holiday season!
Look into the chemistry behind deep fried turkey for your Thanksgiving dinner.