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ReviewEnlightenment now: the case for reason, science, humanism and progress
Steven Pinker sets out to prove we’re living longer, healthier, safer, richer, freer, happier and more meaningful lives than ever before
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Opinion
Crum Brown: knitting the world
Celebrating the 180th birthday of the man who illustrated the chemical bond
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Sponsored
Platinum metal complexes in medicine
The history of cisplatin, the drug that is still the gold – or should that be platinum? – standard in cancer drugs
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Review
Making the monster: the science behind Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
A book that delves into the backstory of a sci-fi horror classic
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Podcast
Book Club – Testosterone rex
Cordelia Fine explores the myriad myths about surrounding equality
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Podcast
Tennessine
Three Tennessee institutions contributed to the discovery of element 117, now fittingly named tennessine
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Podcast
Livermorium
Meet the Mayor of Livermore, California, and discover how his city has been immortalised on the periodic table
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Review
Caesar’s last breath: the epic story of the air around us
An atmospheric read for Catriona Clarke
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Opinion
Leif Tronstad: the heavy water hero
The chemist who ended Nazi attempts to make an atomic bomb
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Opinion
How to spot fake scientific instruments
Is this a 16th century astrolabe, or a modern-day forgery?
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Podcast
Book Club – More molecules of murder
John Emsley returns with a new batch of deadly compounds
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Podcast
Methaemoglobin and diaphorase 1
Kat Arney discovers the biological chemistry behind a colourful blood disorder
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News
2019 to be the international year of the periodic table
Celebrations throughout next year will aim to boost public awareness of chemistry
