Rates of Reaction: Indigestion Remedies

Are your pupils titration titans? Or, are they just getting the hang of things? Curious chemists review the finer points of titration using a video from JFR Science. The narrator starts at the beginning and does a complete run-through of...

There is no good evidence supporting the effectiveness of cough medicine. Although marketing and consumerism leads to a billion dollar industry, research does not show consistent results. An episode of the ACS Reaction series explores...

Leaves of three, let it be! Why does poison ivy produce such a terrible, itchy rash? Young outdoor enthusiasts get acquainted with urushiol, poison ivy's rash-producing natural oil, with a video from the American Chemical Society's...

Of course it doesn't work—there's no scientific basis for it. Scholars learn about the basic tenets of homeopathy, as well as some examples. The video in the ACS Reactions series also explains the science that debunks homeopathy.