Tipper Gore

As parents and as consumers, we have the right and the power to pressure the entertainment industry to respond to our needs. Americans, after all, should insist that every corporate giant - whether it produces chemicals or records - accept responsibility for what it produces.

American Celebrity

Mohsin Hamid

Chance plays a powerful role in every life - our brains and personalities are just chemical soup, after all; a few drops here or there matter enormously - but consequences often become more serious as income levels go down.

Pakistani Writer

Amanda Knox

I'm very anti-antidepressants. It's not the chemicals of my brain that's a problem; it's reality. I don't think tricking my brain into reinterpreting reality is going to help.

American Educator

Michael Pollan

Basically, farm chemicals are labor-saving devices, and farmers who don't use them - weed killers especially - have to work harder or hire more help.

Ryoji Noyori

My father, Kaneki, was a gifted research director of a chemical company, and his profession strongly influenced the path of my life.

Japanese Scientist

Kate Baldwin

Michael John's music is soul-stirring. It gets inside the deepest part of you; it's almost a chemical reaction.

American Actress

Aubrey McClendon

Modern life would not be possible if it were not for chemicals, nor would modern natural gas production.

American Businessman

Cornelia Parker

I always feel my work is a chemical reaction between me and the world, wherever I happen to be.

English Artist

Joel Robuchon

We the chefs have a responsibility to learn about the chemical makeup of food!

French Chef

Shirley Manson

I'm afraid of happy people. They're chemically unbalanced.

Scottish Musician

Chemicals can be natural like water or man-made like plastic.

Natural vs. Man-made

Chemicals can be elements or combinations known as compounds.

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Everyday products like soap and medicine contain chemicals.

Everyday Use

While related to chemicals, the adjective doesn't imply harm.

Not Always Dangerous

Used to describe activities or tools involving chemistry.

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This sense often implies a risk to health or environment.

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Speaking of harmful chemicals requires referencing safety measures.

Safety Precautions

 I need you to stick out your arm for science, roll up your sleeve a bit, So what I'm going to do, I'm putting electrodes on your arm, and you're probably wondering, I just said I'm going to record from your brain, what am I doing with your arm? Well, you have about 80 billion neurons inside your brain right now. They're sending electrical messages back and forth, and chemical messages.

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 we have a fancy name for this we call it quorum sensing they vote with these chemical votes the vote gets counted and then everybody responds to the vote and what's important for today's talk is that we know that there are hundreds of behaviors that bacteria carry out in these collective fashions but the one

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 But there are very effective treatments. Medications and therapy complement each other to boost brain chemicals. In extreme cases, electroconvulsive therapy, which is like a controlled seizure in the patient's brain, is also very helpful. Other promising treatments, like transcranial magnetic stimulation,

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 as visceral or deep belly fat. This type of fat doesn't just make it harder to button your pants. It is an organ that actively releases hormones and immune system chemicals called cytokines that can increase your risk of developing chronic diseases, such as heart disease and insulin resistance.

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 to deal with the extra sugar you're eating. The major currency of our reward system is dopamine, an important chemical or neurotransmitter. There are many dopamine receptors in the forebrain, but they're not evenly distributed. Certain areas contain dense clusters of receptors,

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 possibly even warping your sense of time, and enhancing your memory. This might explain why people never forget their first kiss. The idea of so much of our attraction being influenced by chemicals and evolutionary biology may seem cold and scientific rather than romantic,

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 telling our brain we are tired, and signals from the environment telling us it's dark outside. The rise in sleep-inducing chemicals, like adenosine and melatonin, send us into a light doze that grows deeper, making our breathing and heart rate slow down

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 and he's very hot so full package i had a technology where i could make synthetic chemicals but with the sun this is a world-changing idea this is a competition where people can come from difficult backgrounds and still make it my mom told me you

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 including proteins, carbohydrates, and cholesterol. Cholesterol keeps the membrane at the right fluidity. It also helps regulate communication between cells. Sometimes, cells talk to each other by releasing and capturing chemicals and proteins.

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 significance the single chemical aldehyde found in blood makes this one time hunter drool there is a way to bring their smelly world to life shiron photography visualizes the ear currents that carry

Chemical

A substance made through a process in chemistry.

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Related to chemicals or the study of chemicals.

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A dangerous or poisonous substance.

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