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How are balloons able to float? Is it magic–or is it one of earth’s elements, like iron or oxygen experiencing an explosive charge? Helium is formed when unstable atoms collide. Helium is found underground with other gases, like methane, which is the main ingredient in natural gas used to heat our homes! Learn how helium was born, and how exploding stars helped create a gas lighter than air!

En este libro podrás ver y leer datos curiosos sobre muchísimas cosas que nadie te había podido explicar (o cuando menos no así). Aquí hablamos de pedos, mocos y costras; chocolate, fobias y burbujas. Nada nos da asco. Al contrario: cuanto más asqueroso, mejor. Cuanto más extraño, más...

Alright BOOM, Big Manny is here to show you how you can become a real-life scientist and create awesome experiments at home using ordinary ingredients. We'll learn some basic (and not-so basic) chemistry tings - from combustion to chromatography (chroma-what-now?). We'll meet the amazing elements that each have their own personalities - from fiery hydrogen to the main man oxygen. And we'll create explosive reactions - from fizzing mixtures to dish soap volcanoes!

Have you ever wondered why most people can eat foods like chocolate, but dogs cannot? Or why you may get sick after drinking one too many sodas? Learn more about how some poisons are used for good. Some poisons can be used in medicines, but remember: too much of a good thing can be bad for you!

What is needed to create fire? Learn about the science behind fire and how fuel, heat, and oxygen all work together to create flames.

Not all gasses are the same, some are heavier than others. But how can you tell which gasses are heavier and which are lighter? This experiment will prove which gas is heavier: air or carbon dioxide.

There are many types of sugar used in the foods we eat. To stay healthy, we can't consume too many of those pesky added sugars!

A nuclear chemist explains what is required to discover a new element.