‘Reactions’ Explains the Chemistry of Cats and Their Love of Catnip

A recent episode of the American Chemical Society series Reactions explains the chemistry of cats and focuses on their love of catnip, also known as Nepeta cataria.

They are seemingly the most popular thing on the Internet, the subject of millions of videos and hundreds of memes: cats. Now we’ve got answers to some of the biggest kitty questions out there: Why does catnip make most cats go crazy? How does kitty litter clump? And what does it mean when your cat rubs against your leg? It all comes down to some key “meow-lecules”…