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Reward offered for oldest working light bulb in a British home
A search is launched today to discover the oldest light bulb still glowing strong in a British home.
30 January 2009
Oliver Twist gruel recreated
Gruel, the meal for hard times, of which Oliver Twist famously wanted more, will be served to the public in London on Tuesday morning.
13 January 2009
Yorkshire pudding must be four inches tall, chemists rule
A Yorkshire pudding isn't a Yorkshire pudding if it is less than four inches tall, says the Royal Society of Chemistry.
12 November 2008
£1,000,000 for 100% chemical free material?
The Royal Society of Chemistry is today reclaiming the word chemical from the advertising and marketing industries.
30 October 2008
"Italian Job" cliff-hanger solution sought
The Royal Society of Chemistry is inviting the public to devise a successful ending to the greatest-ever cinema cliff-hanger to mark the 40th birthday
20 October 2008
British guiltiest in survey of Western European shower habits
Water-wasting and uncaring about gels, shampoos and soap going down the plughole: that's how the British emerge from a survey on showering habits of w
14 July 2008