When the Bird family moved from the midwest to Melones in 1901, it didn’t take 5-year old Milo long to realize they weren’t ...

Electrolytes are charged minerals the body needs for muscle contractions, nerve signaling, fluid balance, heart rhythm, and ...

The recommended daily amount of potassium is 3,400 milligrams for men and 2,600 milligrams for women. To put that in perspective, one medium banana provides 420 milligrams of potassium.

Potassium and sodium work together to maintain fluid balance in the body. This, in turn, influences blood pressure. The optimal ratio of the two electrolytes is about three parts potassium to one part ...

Smoke from the Sistine Chapel may appear at two key times each day. In the morning, if no pope is elected on the first two ballots, expect smoke around 6 a.m. Eastern, noon Vatican time. If a pope ...

The eagerly awaited white smoke results from burning a mixture of potassium chlorate, lactose, and pine resin or Greek pitch. Three Filipino cardinals are part of the conclave to decide the next pope ...

Potassium chlorate (KClO₃) — even more reactive than perchlorate — ensures a hot, vigorous burn. Lactose acts as the fuel, burning quickly and cleanly into water vapour and carbon dioxide.

Potassium chlorate includes one fewer atom of oxygen per molecule than the potassium perchlorate used in black smoke and is an even stronger oxidizer—so strong it’s dangerous to use with ...

Black smoke is produced by burning ballots with chemicals like potassium perchlorate, anthracene, and sulfur. White smoke is created by burning ballots with a mixture of potassium chlorate ...

For black smoke, the Vatican uses a mixture of potassium perchlorate, anthracene, and sulphur. The white smoke used to signal that a Pope has been chosen is created from potassium chlorate ...

Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine Chapel that will signal the election of a successor to Pope Francis.