Don’t Try This at Home
Wired magazine recently wrote about amateur chemistry in an article titled “Don’t Try This at Home” also covered on BoingBoing.net and OpenScience.org (and probably lots of other places too).
I think there are two key points in this article:
Hands-on chemistry education, particularly labs for younger students, is being cut back in the name of safety. (OpenScience.org [...]
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