Potions For Muggles

Musings on the CHEM universe: Chemistry, Hogwarts, Education, Magic.

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Hydrothermal Conditions

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I’ve been conflating hydrothermal vents and fields . I realized this after reading Chapter 3 of David Deamer’s Assemblin...
Thursday, July 31, 2025

Hermione's Helping Hand

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I’m on vacation and was inspired to re-read the Harry Potter series. This seemed like an appropriate time given that to...
Sunday, July 13, 2025

On Not Reading

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To read or not to read. That is the question. Even if you don’t read a book, in no way does it prevent you from talking ...
Saturday, July 5, 2025

In Search of Nothing

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Nature abhors a vacuum. At least on the surface of Planet Earth which supports a gaseous atmosphere at a pressure of 760 ...
Sunday, June 29, 2025

Gaslight

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As an urban kid, my first encounter with the will-o’-the-wisp was through literature. In the dreary journey to Mordor in...
Sunday, June 22, 2025

Educating AI

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One reason my blog writing has fallen off the past year – I’m ambivalent about bots scraping my data to train AI models....
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Exploring ADOM

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I’m thirty years late to Ancient Domains of Mystery , more commonly known by its acronym ADOM. Created by Thomas Biskup ...
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College chemistry professor who loves learning, teaching and thinking about science, but has apparently no aptitude whatsoever in the magical arts.
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