All Culture and people articles – Page 37
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Opinion
From prebiotic soup to fine-grained RNA world
Theories about how life emerged need to be closely attuned to conditions on the early Earth
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Research
White male scientists have privileges that boost their career beyond merit
Survey of 25,000 scientists reveals white able-bodied heterosexual men’s advantages can’t be attributed to higher work effort or better qualifications
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Opinion
Synthesising molecules and memories
Scientific adventures start with the support of an inspirational supervisor
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News
Curie family holiday home to become a place for ‘women’s Nobel’ prizes
Polish billionaire bought French mansion once owned by Marie Skłodowska–Curie and Pierre Curie, and has plans to convert it into a space for women
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News
Annette Doherty elected next president of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Head of GlaxoSmithKline’s product development will take up her role in July 2024
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Opinion
Catalogues of complexity
The tangled web of fine chemicals supply frequently throws up surprises
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News
IChemE’s chief executive to step down
Jon Prichard will leave the Institution of Chemical Engineers at the end of September to head the Mineral Products Association
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News
The earlier a chemist wins the Nobel prize the longer they are likely to live
Study suggests chemistry laureates live longer but receive a smaller longevity benefit compared with physics and medicine laureates
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Article
Financial woes ail early-career scientists
PhD students and postdocs are struggling to make ends meet
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Careers
How to begin financial planning
Five ways that PhD students and postdocs can prepare for the future
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Opinion
Elizabeth Fulhame, the 18th century chemistry pioneer who faded from history
More than 200 years ago, a female chemist introduced the concept of catalysis and made early steps towards photography. Rachel Brazil develops her story
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Opinion
Letters: June 2022
Readers share poems and memories, and report a textbook theft by the man who stole Einstein’s brain
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Opinion
Carolyn Bertozzi: ‘Shooting hoops is very meditative’
The celebrated chemical biologist who dreamed of being a rock star before inventing the field of bioorthogonal chemistry
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Opinion
Is there a natural order in which complex objects appear?
Assembly theory suggests there might be
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Podcast
A Taste for Poison by Neil Bradbury – Book club
Learning about chemistry through poisons and murders