The difference between alkane and alkene is alkene can be hydrogenated.

My sister got a BA in photography. She could have gotten a BS by taking two math classes instead of a foreign language. The two degree tracks were otherwise the same.

It is totally inconsistent between different institutions. For example, Oberlin only offered BAs (no BS degree in any departments iirc) until a year or two ago.

Ohio's public universities are eliminating nearly 90 degree programs as a result of Senate Bill 1 • Ohio Capital Journal Nearly 90 degree programs have been identified to be cut at Ohio’s public universities since Senate Bill 1 was signed into law a year ago.

If you think legislation that targets “low enrollment degrees” only impacts the humanities please look at this list. Degrees in chemistry, math, physics, political science, data analytics, psychology and economics are being eliminated. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/04/16/o...

I recently had to explain who the Spice Girls were.

I will bake stuff for my class and maybe 1/4 of students will take anything.

comparable in size to a large boulder

does "a small boulder" count?

I just realized that the funnier version of this joke would have been "'getting lit' means downloading journal articles to read, right?"

lolwut

"Getting lit" is about Bunsen burners, right?

Trump's 2027 budget proposes cuts of:

🔻 $5.8 billion to NIH

🔻 $5.6 billion to NASA

🔻 $4.8 billion to NSF

🔻 $4.6 billion to EPA

🔻 $2.9 billion to CDC

🔻 $1.6 billion to NOAA

If these science cuts pass they will make the US a less healthy and less safe place to live.

Perhaps say the same thing a second time but change some phrasing.

Perhaps you should try to make the reference a second time but change some of the words.

Maybe you should try to make the reference again but rewrite a few of the words.

A hot dog/sandwich debate just spontaneously broke out among my students before class started.

The White House budget proposal is out. Suggests cutting $5B from the NIH budget, to $41B. A similar cut to what was suggested in FY26, and which lawmakers rebutted.

(But, keep in mind, the FY26 appropriated money has not been granted as you'd expect.)
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

Screenshot from the ACS Quick Style Guide.

It's cool that the ACS Quick Style Guide cites Steeped, but who is F. Frankel?

No April fooling - #RMC2026 Registration & Abstract Submission close May 1. The 40th biennial Reaction Mechanism Conference is June 7-10 in Holland, Michigan. That's less than 10 weeks away, so book your flights & hotels soon too! hope.edu/rmc2026

wow rude

Did you experience travel issues at the ATL airport returning from the ACS meeting? Willing to share for a c&en story? My DMs are open #chemsky #ACSSpring2026

Despite it taking two hours to get to security at ATL (was in line outside for an hour) things are moving smoothly and everyone is being very friendly.

I went to the Jiffy factory! Chelsea, MI!

"Hexafluorosilicic acid is produced naturally on a large scale in volcanoes"‽ Wouldn't've guessed that...

Nancy Youssef, ..guil @ X.com @nancyayoussef The preliminary Pentagon cost estimate of the war in Iran is $1 billion a day, a congressional official told me. 12:20 PM • 3/4/26 • 44K Views

Preliminary Pentagon cost estimate of the war in Iran is $1 BILLION a day. So far.

I reviewed a paper once that used F for functional group.

They should prioritize this when they discover element 119+.

I think that one of our big failings as a field is that you can't spell "chemistry" using element symbols.

My wife taught a first-year seminar this fall and one of the papers she graded included the sentence "some older people might remember 9/11."

need breakfast noodles to complete the trilogy