Design of experiments
Quizzes and resources to help you to become better at designing experiments. Created in partnership with JMP
Explainer: The science of alkyl nitrites aka poppers
From their origins as 19th century angina treatment to becoming an important part of gay subculture, these recreational drugs exist in a legal limbo
Apparent plagiarism leads Elsevier to retract periodic table book
Chemist contacted by suspicious Wikipedia editor finds that large sections were lifted from online encyclopaedia
What’s the secret science of conspiracy theories?
Conspiracies can tell us a lot about science and society
All work and no play
Is the long-hours culture of academic organic chemistry laboratories finally changing?
Families sue LyondellBasell over fatal chemicals leak
Incident at acetic acid plant in La Porte, US, killed two workers in July
Timmers’ towers and Straus’ flasks
The revolutionary system that made labs much less likely to go up in flames
