For decades, aspiring bomb makers - including ISIS - have desperately tried to get their hands on a lethal substance called red mercury. There's a reason they never have.
Rivalries, intrigue, and fraud in the world of stem-cell research. This "inside story" from some of the most prestigious biochemistry laboratories in the world can provide grist for any course on ethics in modern science.
Scientists are sitting on top of the world after detecting gravitational waves for the first time. Now what?
How the famous sell us elixirs of health, beauty, and happiness.
Precisely timed series of interventions lead to the growth of complex, three-dimensional microscale structures.
CRISPR and gene drive technology have the potential alter the biology of life on earth, and possibly control some of the most destructive human diseases.
The untold story of the women who helped win World War II by separating the atomic bomb isotopes.
In “A Global Warming Primer”, Jeffrey Bennett provides a template for conversation about the most pressing global environmental issue of our time. The author also recommends a link to the ACS Climate Science Toolkit that offers many useful resources for learning about and teaching the concepts related to climate science.
The Festival of the Spoken Nerd is a trio of comedians who work in comedy clubs in the UK, using material based on science and math. From the routines and jokes developed for their shows, two of the three members of the group have distilled “The Element in the Room”.
Chemists tend to think of the Table as an old friend– reliable and static, but that is not the whole story. Piqued your interest? Click on the title to sate your curiosity.
