Quantcast
ZME Science
  • News
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Future
  • Space
  • Features
  • More
    • About
    • The Team
    • Advertise
    • Contribute
    • Our stance on climate change
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact
No Result
View All Result
ZME Science

No Result
View All Result
ZME Science
No Result
View All Result
Home Other Great Pics

A Chemistry Prank From The April 1939 Issue Of Popular Science

Mihai Andrei by Mihai Andrei
April 3, 2014
in Great Pics
Reading Time: 1 min read
A A
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterSubmit to Reddit

We’ve had our share of April Fools here at ZME Science, but we’re not even close to the caliber of this joke from Popular Science, which was published in the 1939 issue.

trickmatches

Sorry to interrupt, but you should really...

...Join the ZME newsletter for amazing science news, features, and exclusive scoops. More than 40,000 subscribers can't be wrong.

   

Just a quick warning though: this is really cool and all, but you shouldn’t try it at home! Mercury and its compounds are toxic and can be corrosive, posing huge risks even at room temperature.

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

ShareTweetShare
Mihai Andrei

Mihai Andrei

Andrei's background is in geophysics, and he's been fascinated by it ever since he was a child. Feeling that there is a gap between scientists and the general audience, he started ZME Science -- and the results are what you see today.

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
  • News
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Future
  • Space
  • Features
  • More

© 2007-2019 ZME Science - Not exactly rocket science. All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Future
  • Space
  • Features
  • More
    • About
    • The Team
    • Advertise
    • Contribute
    • Our stance on climate change
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact

© 2007-2019 ZME Science - Not exactly rocket science. All Rights Reserved.