Four Interesting Mysteries with Seemingly Conflicting Explanations

• Ron DeLorenzo ^[1]
  1. [1] Department of Chemistry, Middle Georgia College
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 77, Nº 4 (April), 2000, págs. 475-475
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Four mysteries with seemingly contradictory solutions are presented to make chemistry courses more interesting and relevant to students' lives: (1) Why might women become intoxicated more easily than men? (2) Why might alcohol consumption enhance cigarettes' carcinogenic effects? (3) Why might the use of Vaseline Intensive Care Hand Lotion as a lubricant increase the number of unwanted pregnancies and promote the spread of HIV? (4) Why does oil-based Vaseline Intensive Care Hand Lotion rinse off in water? Although the solutions to these mysteries appear to contradict one another, the contradictions are reconciled by considering a fifth mystery: Why does red wine go with red meat and white wine go with fish?