It’s that time of year, the clocks have gone back, the days are darker, and skin doesn’t see any real sunlight anymore; in fact personally I’ve been so cold lately that most of my skin hasn’t seen much that isn’t the inside of my new chunky knit jumper and super fluffy slippers for over a […]
This is the first in the ‘Entropy Kitchen” series, in which you get a recipe for something related to this week’s kitchen science post, just because I love to cook! So, Monday’s post was about why chilli produces a burning sensation, and today’s recipe is for an amazing chilli jam, which, trust me, does very […]
This is the first in the new ‘Kitchen Science’ series, providing the answers to everyday questions that might occur to you while you’re dancing around the kitchen, stirring sauces, kneading doughs, beating eggs and singing loudly. So, our first ever Kitchen Science contains the answer to the burning (see what I did there? Yes.) question, […]
This is a regular feature that has been carried over from my previous blog, the Really Awesome Protein (RAP) series. This does not mean I’m going to attempt to spread the protein love via ghetto-speak, gangster rhymes and poor beat boxing, although I am totally up for trying that. Actually it just means that once […]
The first How Drugs Work post of the series is just going to explain the basics of drug interactions, so that for the rest of the series, you’ll all know what I’m talking about when I’m comparing receptors to giant cuddly teddy bears with capes, or other such lunacy. Now, it could just be me […]
Hello! Welcome to The Molecular Circus. Whether you’re an old reader of A is for Aspirin, or a new friend wandered in out of the cold rainy internet, make yourself comfortable, help yourself to cake and prepare to explore the wonderful world of biochemistry and molecular science. When I first started blogging, I wrote this […]
The Molecular Circus 