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Presents staff research chemist Donald Kesley's comment about a Torent Laboratory job posting stating a need for volatile or semi-volatile organic chemists. Kesley's amusement with the posting.

Relates humorous mathematical conversions.

Presents several anecdotes on chemistry and physics. Concerns of tattoo artists on infection; Measurement of speed movement of dinosaurs; Comments on the equation of Avogadro.

Presents anecdotes on chemistry contributed by readers. Association of polyphenols in red wide with French paradox; Effect of phenols on endothelin-1 production; Experience of Todd Hamilton in the auto parts shop.

Deals with anecdotes and a song that may be of interest to chemists. Dubious credibility of certain materials acquired via the Internet; Yarn about determining the height of a building using a barometer; Verses of the song `Ions Mine.'

Highlights information of interest to the scientific community. Alleged origin of the story about the physics student who demonstrated an unexpected way for measuring the height of a skyscraper with a barometer; Celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel under the Detroit River; Centenarian scientists and engineers.

Presents anecdotes and humorous information. Includes Tsabong, Botswana police's preference for Land Rovers to camels; Selection of indigenous names for typhoons and tropical cyclones in Asia; Reason for the minimal level of homocysteine in filtered coffee.

Reports on chemistry-related developments around the world. Includes the dangers of using cantharides hair preparations; Advertisement campaign launched by Women's College Coalition to inspire schoolgirls to take up sciences and engineering.

Presents anecdotes related to chemistry. Includes memorandum on pest control; Janitors' experiments with a gopher; Words listed under the word `catalyst.'

Reports on chemist W.F.H. Borman's recollection of how chemists used ammonia and iodine crystals to play a trick on one another. Explosion from NI3, the product of mixing ammonia and iodine crystals.

Tells a story of a midwestern professor on a speaking tour of universities contributed by Tom Kolesar of Mystic, Connecticut.

Presents an anecdote on a hand-lettered sign taped to the information window of the Office of the State Department of Motor Vehicles in White Plains, New York.

Presents chemistry-related stories. Tale about Ivory Flakes; Skunk deodorizing method.

Reports on the story behind Procter & Gamble's claim regarding its Ivory Soap's 99.44 percent purity. Information from Robert Ahlf; Selection of the percentage after an advertising executive saw the 99.44 percentage of the ingredients of a batch of soap analyzed by a chemist for Procter & Gamble.

Presents the longest words that spell out a protein sequence using one-letter code for amino acids. Hidalgism; Ensilists.