All Culture and people articles – Page 86
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OpinionRichard Henderson: ‘I rejected the phone call, and then noticed it was from Sweden…’
The 2017 laureate tells his story
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PuzzleOn the spot: Pocketful of trouble
What would you do if you found a mystery substance in your lab coat pocket?
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PuzzleOctober 2019 puzzles
Download the puzzles from the October 2019 print issue of Chemistry World
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ResearchBronze age tin from Israeli shipwrecks was mined in Britain
Isotope analysis matches metal to mines in Devon and Cornwall suggesting ancient trade route existed
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NewsHead of UK’s overarching research body to step down
Mark Walport, who led the creation of UK Research and Innvoation, will retire in 2020
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NewsInspired guesswork goes up against number crunching for Nobel predictions
Analysis of highly cited papers favours biochemistry while polls champion Crispr, lithium-ion batteries and MOFs
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News1% of chemicals end up on benches in undergrad labs
First effort to quantify spillages points way to improving chemical handling
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ReviewThe Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things and How to Make Wiser Decisions
An urgent and compelling case for self-reflection
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Research’Blackest black’ ever made is 10 times darker than previous record holder
Serendipitous discovery produces darkest material in existence using carbon nanotubes
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NewsWork on how much saliva a five-year-old makes wins chemistry Ig Nobel
This year’s Ig Nobels reward research on spit, scrotums and cockroaches, among other things
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NewsDeaths from vaping-linked lung disease in US connected to vitamin E additive
Tocopheryl acetate implicated in 380 cases of severe lung disease and six deaths
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ReviewMescaline: A Global History of the First Psychedelic
A story about the people who harvested, used, abused, regulated and investigated the mind-altering drug
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NewsScience really does advance one funeral at a time, study suggests
The death of a scientific superstar can open up a field
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PodcastThe Chemical Detective by Fiona Erskine – Book club
Fiona Erskine combines chemistry and conspiracy in a fast-paced thriller that takes in Chernobyl and Slovenia
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OpinionAlán Aspuru-Guzik: 'Science is at a crossroads'
The quantum computing guru reflects on his childhood in Mexico, why he left the US for Canada, and how professors are like vampires
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ReviewExhibition: Perfection
Dublin’s Science Gallery invites you to go and question your own definition of ‘perfect’
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PodcastDomoic acid
The marine toxin that drives animals crazy and might have inspired one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most famous films
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OpinionIn science we trust
The questions is how can scientists maintain that faith and keep the fire burning?