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Russell Burke

Russell Burke is an associate editor at Biology Insights with a focus on chemistry and science education. Based in Flagstaff, Arizona, he has a background in exhibit development and museum tours, as well as theatrical writing. Burke, who rides a road bike on paved county routes, went to graduate school for museum studies after undergraduate studies in history.

Why Do Chemical Equations Have to Be Balanced?Chemistry
What Is a Crystal? Definition, Formation, and Properties Chemistry
What Is the Longest Chemical Name?Chemistry
What Is Decay in Biology, Chemistry, and Nature?Biology
Who Was Carbon Discovered By and When?Chemistry
Why Is Blood Red? The Science of Its Color Biology
What Happens During Chemical Reactions?Chemistry
Why Is the Table of Elements Called ‘Periodic’?Chemistry
What Are the Standard Units for Enthalpy?Chemistry
What Holds Hydrogen and Oxygen Atoms Together?Chemistry
Is the Statue of Liberty a Chemical or Physical Change?Chemistry
Who Made the Electron Cloud Model?Physics
What Is Salt Made Of? The Chemistry of Sodium and Chlorine Chemistry
Who Discovered Matter? A Look at the History of Atomic Theory Physics
What Is the Physical State of Chlorine at Room Temperature?Chemistry
What Is Wire Gauze Used For in a Laboratory?Chemistry
Is All Chalk Made of Calcium Carbonate?Chemistry
How Does Lightning Fixation Convert Air Into Fertilizer?Chemistry
Is Carbon a Gas at Room Temperature?Chemistry
How to Change the Color of Fire With Household Items Chemistry
What Is the Color of Iodine in Different States?Chemistry
How Does Invisible Ink Work? The Science Explained Physics
Why Is Iodine Solid at Room Temperature?Chemistry
What Do Old Books Smell Like? The Chemistry Explained Chemistry
What Is Mercury in a Thermometer and How Does It Work?Chemistry
What Is a Lava Lamp Made Of and How Does It Work?Physics
What Are the Component Parts of Modern Fireworks?Chemistry
What Is a Diamond Made Out Of?Chemistry
How Do Erasable Pens Work? The Science Explained Chemistry
Why Is Oxygen Called Oxygen? The Origin of the Name Chemistry