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Chemistry can let you taste food in an entirely new way. This video shows how you can actually taste raw garlic with your feet. No, your feet don't have any secret taste buds. It's all about the ability of chemicals to penetrate your skin.…

This animation shows how different parts of the heart are involved in a full cardiac cycle, which represents a single heartbeat.

This animation shows how a cathode ray tube works and describes some of the basic science behind the control of electron beams.

This animation describes binary fission in prokaryotes and mitosis in eukaryotes, two different forms of cell division.

This animation describes how living cells use growth factors to regulate their growth and division.

What do chameleons have to do with nanotechnology? You'll find out when you watch this video. These color-changing lizards are some of nature’s most interesting animals, all because they are masters of pigment and light. Explore the chemistry…

This video explores the extraordinary efforts by some individuals to make gunpowder during the American Revolutionary War. It also reviews the chemistry involved in synthesizing and combusting this explosive mixture. Credit:…

This animation shows how an action potential in a neuron stimulates the release of neurotransmitters into synapses and allows the neural signal to propagate into other neurons.

Researchers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, popularly known as Virginia Tech, helped prove that lead levels were dangerously high in Flint, Michigan tap water, even when government officials denied the problem. This…

This video explores the chemistry of hair and the hairstyle known as the permanent wave, which is commonly called a perm or permanent. Credit: Reactions/American Chemical Society