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Gummi bear explosion (and other experiments)

Enjoy what happens when a gummi bear is dropped into potassium chlorate. Cool. Why did I never do this in chem class when potassium chlorate was available to me? How does it work, I hear you ask? (And where can I get this stuff?) Potassium chlorate is KClO3, and...

Laser Cut Cake, Delicious Technology

This cake was cut using a laser, as seen on Instructables. First a cake was baked (yum), and a design mapped out using a program called CAD. We used CAD in high school, but never to make cake. I believe that is what’s wrong with the education system. CAD is a...