[bibinou]

It's really, really good. Short but well-written.

The one on chlorine trifluoride (linked in OP, but fixed link) is also really good: https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/sand-won-t-save-yo...

[tverbeure]

“It is also hypergolic with such things as cloth, wood, and test engineers, not to mention asbestos, sand, and water-with which it reacts explosively.”

Fantastic! I can see where Derek Lowe got his writing style inspiration.

Today, he writes about the world of medicines. His Twitter feed is excellent if you want to know more about some of the finer details about COVID related medicines: https://twitter.com/dereklowe?s=21.

[tragictrash]

I 2nd this - never heard of this before and I loved the 3 mins it took to read.

[netizen-936824]

>coping with a metal-fluorine fire

Good lord