Doing Science by Not Doing Science

Eureka moments often happen when you are not looking for it. Photo by Andrew George on Unsplash “A student in Rutherford’s lab was very hard-working. Rutherford noticed it and asked one evening: -Do you work in the mornings too? -Yes—proudly answered the student sure he would be commended. -But, when do you think? —amazed Rutherford.”…

The Longest Running Experiment Ever

The pitch-drop experiment was started in 1927 to measure its viscosity and it continues to this date. Photo by Jake Blucker on Unsplash I feel often impatient when my chemical reactions take a day's worth of time to finish. I try to expedite them by adjusting various parameters of the reactions. Recently, I googled, what’s…