Jeff C. Kunins

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Koji does something that sounds simple, but is actually a little miraculous: It turns starch into sugar. Takamine didn’t know how—nobody did—but he knew that if he could work it out, it could make him rich.   Sugar is the most important molecule on earth. You may think water deserves this title. I get it. Water is really good at dissolving other molecules and carrying them around, both inside our bodies and out in the world. Water lets chemicals bump into each other and then do interesting things. But calling water the Best Molecule is like giving paper the award for Best Book. Water is the ...more
Proof: The Science of Booze
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