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The Roving Apothecary: May 2012

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A running commentary on the perception of chemistry, drugs and science within everyday life. Thursday, 10 May 2012. Animals and drugs don't mix: Dolphins and Buprenorphine. Another sad article that I came across whilst at work today concerning the deaths of two dolphins at a marine park in Switzerland. Housed at the Connlyland Marine Park. Initially, there were reports that the dolphins had died as a result of the loud music from the party. A recently leaked toxicology report has. However, possibly shed ...

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The Roving Apothecary: The Wandering Rover: Big News From Mars?

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A running commentary on the perception of chemistry, drugs and science within everyday life. Wednesday, 21 November 2012. The Wandering Rover: Big News From Mars? A short piece to bring to your attention some interesting news. From NASA. It appears that the most recent robotic wanderer on Mars, the Curiosity. May have found something whilst analysing the chemical composition of Martian soil. What did they find? Well, at the moment the team over at NASA. If there are any, are released. Neutrinos, travelli...

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The Roving Apothecary: October 2012

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A running commentary on the perception of chemistry, drugs and science within everyday life. Friday, 12 October 2012. Alleged blood doping and Lance Armstrong: Blood Doping and False Negatives. My apologies to my occasional readers, as I've been on hiatus for a few months now. Between travel to a conference in Japan, sporadic progress in my research, and a dearth of other things that have come up, I've had little time or inclination to update this blog. Blood ≠ Urine. Addition of adulterants to blood is ...

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The Roving Apothecary: April 2012

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A running commentary on the perception of chemistry, drugs and science within everyday life. Monday, 16 April 2012. A Sad Story, or Why Oleander and Giraffes Don't Mix. Recently forwarded me a news story. From Tucson, Arizona, regarding the unfortunate death of a giraffe at the Reid Park Zoo. Based on the article, it would appear that a giraffe was accidentally fed brush trimmings that included leaves from the ornamental plant Oleander. Pretty. Also deadly. Pretty deadly, I suppose? This case is in itsel...

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The Roving Apothecary: On Drugs and Fish: Contamination of Aquatic Environments and Drug Detection

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A running commentary on the perception of chemistry, drugs and science within everyday life. Thursday, 22 November 2012. On Drugs and Fish: Contamination of Aquatic Environments and Drug Detection. I happened across an interesting article in Nature. The other morning, titled " Human drugs make fish flounder. It explores the effects of two drugs, the antidepressant fluoxetine. And a sex hormone, estradiol. Have studied the effects of fluoxetine on fathead minnows. In this research, it was found that expos...

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The Roving Apothecary: December 2012

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A running commentary on the perception of chemistry, drugs and science within everyday life. Monday, 3 December 2012. Chemical of the Week: Olympicene. Welcome to another instalment of Chemical of the Week. This week, we shall have a very brief look at an interesting organic compound. Let's say that you have an important event coming up, and you would like to commemorate it. You could conceivably make big signs or host a big event, or you could do what Graham Richards. The structure of olympicene. It is ...

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The Roving Apothecary: Chemical of the Week: Solid Oxygen

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A running commentary on the perception of chemistry, drugs and science within everyday life. Monday, 26 November 2012. Chemical of the Week: Solid Oxygen. Last week, we had a look at dicyanoacetylene. A highly reactive chemical found in our very own solar system, in the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan. This week, we will look at the curious case of a synthetic chemical formed under crushing pressures right here on Earth. Nitrogen that those nitrogen-fixing. As with many other gases, oxygen will condens...

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Ladybirdabroad – worldview from a tiny island. Great blog ‘Evolution in a Toxic World: How life responds to chemical threats’. September 21, 2015. 8220;We are chemical addicts. Returning to Nature is like going back to the future, with an opportunity to change the timeline. Adjust our course. In the near future perhaps we can rely less on our synthetic chemistry and more on Nature’s capacity to … Continue reading →. April 28, 2015. Good stuff from other people. May 19, 2014. Good stuff from other people.

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Ladybirdabroad – worldview from a tiny island. Subsidiarity, food banks and Big Society: what is the problem? Starving you back to work: Why Tory policy of cutting benefits if you refuse treatment is vile →. Dr Johnny – guiding light for 15 years of community agriculture in Sandwell. May 19, 2014. Dr Johnny – the man responsible for enabling 15 years of community agriculture in Sandwell, and defining the second half of my working life. Retirement? Retirement from Sandwell, perhaps…. Follow Blog via Email.

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The Roving Apothecary: Chemical of the Week: Dicyanoacetylene

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A running commentary on the perception of chemistry, drugs and science within everyday life. Monday, 19 November 2012. Chemical of the Week: Dicyanoacetylene. Welcome to the first Chemical of the Week! This week, we shall have a brief look at compound composed entirely of carbon and nitrogen: dicyanoacetylene. Or carbon subnitride, is a fairly interesting compound. Structurally, it is completely linear, thanks to its alternating triple bonds. Ciganek and Krespan (1968). Graupner and Saunders (2008).