Monthly Archives: August 2015

Fresh Produce (elPadawan) — Debbie Meyer Green Bags and Evert-Fresh Green Bags are a storage product advertised as capable of keeping produce fresh for up to 30 days. They are plastic bags that contain zeolite that absorbs ethylene gas. Plants use ethylene as a hormone. One of its actions is to ripen fruit, so […]

Do Debbie Meyer and Evert Fresh Green Bags Work?

This entry was posted on August 14, 2015 by Anne Helmenstine (updated on October 21, 2025)

Banana (robin_24) — You probably know too much water and too many apple or cherry seeds can kill you, but did you know eating too many bananas may lead to an early demise? It’s not their high radiation signature. It’s because bananas contain potassium. But wait, you may be saying, isn’t potassium good […]

How Many Bananas Does It Take to Poison You?

This entry was posted on August 14, 2015 by Anne Helmenstine (updated on September 23, 2025)

Fruits That Contain Cyanogenic Compounds — Do apple seeds, cherry pits, and apricot seeds contain cyanide? Learn the facts about toxicity, safety, and how much is dangerous.

Are Apple Seeds and Cherry Pits Poisonous? Is There Cyanide?

This entry was posted on August 14, 2015 by Anne Helmenstine (updated on September 2, 2025)

Make Hot Peppers Stop Burning — Try these helpful tips to make hot peppers stop burning.

How to Make Hot Peppers Stop Burning

This entry was posted on August 14, 2015 by Anne Helmenstine (updated on March 4, 2026)

Never drink undiluted household bleach. Mark Gallagher, Wikipedia Commons — Can Drinking Bleach Help You Pass a Drug Test? There are all kinds of rumors about ways you can beat a drug test. Obviously the easiest way to pass the test is to avoid taking drugs in the first place, but that’s not going to be much help if you’ve […]

Drinking Bleach and Drug Tests

This entry was posted on August 14, 2015 by Anne Helmenstine (updated on May 19, 2021)

Element and Non Element Examples — Are confused by what is and is not an element? It's easy to find element examples. This is a list of element non examples.

Element Non Examples

This entry was posted on August 11, 2015 by Anne Helmenstine (updated on May 19, 2021)

Black and white element cell for helium. — Here’s a collection of black and white periodic table of elements for you. These are ideal if you don’t have access to a color printer, find the colors distracting or hard to read, or just feel like coloring in element cells yourself. IUPAC Black and White Periodic Table This handy […]

Black and White Periodic Table of Elements

This entry was posted on August 11, 2015 by Anne Helmenstine (updated on December 20, 2021)

These are bars of homemade shampoo. You can add water to make liquid shampoo, if preferred. (Kim, Flickr) — You can apply chemistry to make homemade shampoo. One of the biggest reasons to make your own shampoo is to avoid unwanted, potentially toxic chemicals. Another reason you might want to make your own shampoo is so you can customize the formulation for your hair’s needs and your preference for […]

How to Make Homemade Shampoo

This entry was posted on August 8, 2015 by Anne Helmenstine (updated on December 20, 2021)

Color Periodic Table - 2015 - Posterized — This color periodic table is the updated version of the original color periodic table wallpaper made for this site. The 2015 version of this HD table has the same color scheme as the original table along with corrected atomic weights and the minor correction of the group 1 heading. This […]

Color Periodic Table – 2015

This entry was posted on August 8, 2015 by Todd Helmenstine (updated on September 6, 2025)