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Show Notes
This week, the Other Couch's high-school-level understanding of chemistry is really put to the test as we talk about acid! What is it? How does it dissolve things? It has something to do... with protons? It seems way simpler in the movies!
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If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:
[Truth or Fail]
Formic acid (general):
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Formic-acid
Fire ant antivenom:
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/343/6174/1014.abstract
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-rise-of-the-crazy-ants/
Bone-house wasps:
https://www.wired.com/2014/07/the-spider-eating-bone-house-wasp/
Electricity-generating wasps:
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/12/101221-solar-power-hornet-science-animals/
[Fact Off]
Internal sensor:
https://www.seeker.com/when-swallowed-this-sensor-is-powered-by-stomach-acid-2248294501.html
Pregnancy gif:
https://giphy.com/gifs/pregnancy-baby-fetus-WS91RYT47sA6I
https://imgur.com/gallery/d7n3eIH
Moss bandage:
https://images.app.goo.gl/TWkw555pqQcRF4Ap8
[Ask the Science Couch]
Battery energy storage:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-do-batteries-store-an/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV4IUsholjg&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPHzzYuWy6fYEaX9mQQ8oGr
Lead-acid batteries:
https://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/lead_based_batteries
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/leadacid.html
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