Popular Science Top Stories of 2003
Japanese scientists genetically engineered this type of coffee plant with 70% less jitter than the regular
In 1926 Hormel's innovation was selling its flavor-sealed ham in these containers
cans
It is the gas with the fastest molecular speed among the following gases, He, N2, and O2, at 25°C.
helium
This element is a pale yellow-green gas.
chlorine
Among vegetable oils, this one is the lowest in saturated fat
canola
A weighty issue, but researchers found that eating the "dark" type of this food daily can lower blood pressure
chocolate
In '71 housewives could stretch a pound of ground beef into a meal for 5 with this new product from General Mills
Hamburger Helper
"The pressure of a gas is inversely proportional to its volume at constant temperature and number of moles" is known as this.
Boyle's law
Oxygen, sulfur, and selenium are part of this chemical family.
chalcogens
In a synagogue this person leads the congregation in singing & chanting prayers
the cantor
A microwave detector put the precise age of this at 13.7 billion years (give or take 1%)
the universe
This superpremium ice cream with a fake Danish name was introduced in the 1920s by a man in the Bronx
Haagen-Dazs
This is the volume of one mole of an ideal gas at STP.
22.4 L
It is the symbol of the element “Tin”.
Double Jeopardy!
Sn
It's a rummy-like card game played with 2 decks & 4 jokers
canasta
Oddly, geologists learned that much of the sand in the Grand Canyon came from these mountains between Quebec & Alabama
the Appalachians
This new brand of solid hydrogenated vegetable shortening was introduced in 1911
Double Jeopardy!
Crisco
"At the same temperature and pressure, equal volumes of gases have the same number of molecules” is known as this law.
Avogadro's Law
These are the liquid elements at room temperature.
bromine and mercury
William Schuman won the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his "Secular" one of these "No. 2"
cantata
This scientist, a model for Dr. Strangelove, passed away in September 2003 at age 95
Edward Teller
In 1940 this company acquired the name Hungry Jack for pancake flour
Pillsbury
"The rate of effusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of its molar mass" is known as this law.
Graham's Law of Effusion
This element's latin name is Kalium.
potassium
They're what a chandler makes & sells
candles