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Chemistry of Spice Melange (from Dune)

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    This is neat! Learned something about chemistry, got to watch nerds and anti-nerds do their thing, and I'm there for anything Dune related.

    This is neat! Learned something about chemistry, got to watch nerds and anti-nerds do their thing, and I'm there for anything Dune related.

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      Yeah, normally Periodic Videos is pretty serious, and covers serious chemistry news and topics, but this was a neat, fun, lighthearted one that I thought people would enjoy even if they're not...

      Yeah, normally Periodic Videos is pretty serious, and covers serious chemistry news and topics, but this was a neat, fun, lighthearted one that I thought people would enjoy even if they're not super into chemistry. :)

      I'm there for anything Dune related.

      Ditto. Dune is my all-time favorite scifi novel series and I have read the whole thing (including Brian Herbert's) dozens of times over the years. I actually didn't know about The Dune Encyclopedia that this molecule design is from though. It's supposedly not canon anymore, but I am still probably going to buy a copy for myself now to give it a read anyways. :P

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