All Culture and people articles – Page 94
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ReviewThe Poison Squad
Katrina Kramer reviews a biography of Harvey Wiley, who transformed US food safety laws
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NewsNew record set for the world’s smallest periodic table
Table less than one fortieth the area of previous record holder is a gift for element maker Yuri Oganessian
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NewsLeading geneticists call for worldwide moratorium on creation of gene-edited children
Five-year pause would give nations breathing space following the birth of the first genetically-modified children in November
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OpinionCan your hobbies make you a better chemist?
Researchers suggest arts and crafts should be integrated into learning science
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ArticleCelebrating the periodic table
Peter Wothers tells us about the first published version of Dmitri Mendeleev’s periodic table, currently on show in Cambridge
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ReviewExhibition: Celebrating the Periodic Table
A new exhibition at Cambridge University pays tribute to the chemical elements and their discoverers
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NewsUK universities need more female professors, says science minister
Chris Skidmore calls on universities to take action on gender balance
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NewsHigh levels of impostor syndrome found in female academics
Feelings of self-doubt and being a fraud rise well above the rate of the general population
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ReviewHumble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
Matt Parker’s book shows just how serious the consequences of mathematical mistakes can be
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BusinessSmartwound dressings spot infection early
Bacterial toxins burst dye-filled vesicles to give a visual warning
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ResearchThe protein crystallisation influencer
Naomi Chayen discusses her career manipulating phase diagrams to produce high-quality protein crystals
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NewsScience community rallies round to help St Andrews teams hit by fire
University is optimistic that the damage was not too serious but the biomedical sciences building isn’t expected to fully reopen for a year
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PodcastHumble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors by Matt Parker – Book club
Matt Parker uses comedy to explore the unique relationship between humans and maths and how numbers are behind errors large and small
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FeatureThe end of phlogiston and the discovery of oxygen
Pure air, dephlogisticated air or a new element? Josephy Priestley and Antoine Lavoisier get to grips with new gases in this month’s comic
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NewsTwitter chemistry poster conference continues to grow as it celebrates its fifth anniversary
Royal Society of Chemistry’s Twitter poster conference hopes to get chemistry trending on social media