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What is Bicycle Day?
Season 4
Episode 9
Reactions is celebrating Bicycle day with some psychedelic science. The chemistry behind LSD has an interesting story. Chemist Albert Hofmann first discovered the psychedelic effects of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, or LSD-25. we're talking the chemical history of LSD, so get ready to turn on, tune in, but don't drop out... you might just learn something.
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12:54
Alex Dainis explores whether or not your milk needs to be pasteurized. Yes, it really does.

14:04
George tests a revolutionary new way to stick stuff together.

12:02
Sometimes the difference between life-saving drug and deadly side effect is chirality.

17:23
What happens when you eat morel mushrooms.

10:31
WARNING: this video contains incredible macro footage of supercooled water droplets nucleating ice.

13:12
Let’s dive into the science behind ocean alkalinization!

16:56
Discover why curdled milk is the key to the best cocktail you’ll ever taste.

10:13
Scientists are finding the building blocks of carbon ring structures… out in space!

12:00
George becomes a pyromaniac to figure out if ammonia is the fuel of the future.

13:06
Why Alex is terrified of antibiotic resistance, and what chemists are doing about it

9:01
Are liquid, virtually fireproof, recyclable batteries the future of grid-scale storage?

11:39
Join George as he hunts for an antidote to deadly mushrooms.