TL;DR: Atoms form molecules by donating or sharing electrons, which binds them together like magnets. This creates a prodigious variety of new substances out of…
benMay 22, 2020
The double slit experiment is the most famous experiment in quantum mechanics. It shows that quantum mechanical sized particles (e.g. particles that are even smaller than…
benJuly 25, 2019
There is an invisible field that underlies the entire universe, like a net stretching in every direction. While the field is intangible, but it will…
benJuly 22, 2019
Carbon atoms have a really special property. They can form the backbone of long, complex molecules, and this is where chemistry gets really interesting. They…
benJuly 16, 2019
Everything around us from people to trees and stars to galaxies are made up of molecules, atoms and quarks, which all together scientists call ordinary…
benJuly 13, 2019
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