Do you remember learning about different flavours as a kid? You probably did the time-honoured experiment of eating different kinds of food at school and seeing which tastes you perceived and where on your tongue you noticed them. With this experiment (besides amusing the teachers by having us make funny […]

What are proteins? Proteins are molecules composed of at least fifty smaller units known as amino acids. Though many naturalists of the 18th century were involved in studying and discovering these compounds, perhaps it is the French chemist, Antoine Fourcroy, who most deserves mentioning. When this substance was discovered, the […]