The Periodic Table of Videos (videos made by a group of chemists at Nottingham University who present information about the elements in fun and entertaining ways) just celebrated its first birthday! They did so by talking about the chemistry of cake, and baking a birthday cake in the lab:
And then they attempted to destroy the cake:
It probably says something about me that I thought the neatest bit was the playing of test-tubes-cum-pan-flute, not the playing with liquid oxygen and fire, hm?
(These guys also have bloopers - failed or screwed-up demonstrations - in their "Extra Videos" section which are amusing as well; just do a text search for 'bloopers' to find them.)
Thanks, kayray!
And then they attempted to destroy the cake:
It probably says something about me that I thought the neatest bit was the playing of test-tubes-cum-pan-flute, not the playing with liquid oxygen and fire, hm?
(These guys also have bloopers - failed or screwed-up demonstrations - in their "Extra Videos" section which are amusing as well; just do a text search for 'bloopers' to find them.)
Thanks, kayray!