Top 10 Amazing Chemistry Videos

Here are some really funny and amazing chemistry videos, from Wired Science magazine. As they state, Fiery explosions, beautiful reactions, and hilarious music videos are great reasons to be excited about chemistry. My favourite is the one pictured above, a commercial that’s a music video about polymerase chain reaction (PCR) that parodies those celebrity music videos. The burning Gummy Bear is pretty good, too.

The Top 10

10. Thermite vs. Liquid Nitrogen
9. Gummy Bear Dies a Fiery Death in Potassium Chlorate
8. German Scientist Spits Flaming Spores
7. The PCR Song (commercial for a BioRad thermocycler, which is essentially a DNA copying machine
6. Mysterious Reaction Creates an Undulating Brew
5. How to Make Stalagmites Instantly
4. Elephant Toothpaste
3. How to Make Your Own Glow Sticks
2. The Inner Life of A Cell (beautiful animation)
1. Magnesium Burning Between Bricks of Dry Ice