All History articles – Page 16
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ResearchBlue teeth reveal medieval nun's artistic talent
Analysis identifies traces of the precious stone lapis lazuli
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PodcastEllagic acid
Louise Crane introduces the antioxidant that led to exaggerated claims that 'whisky helps fight cancer'
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FeatureThe father of the periodic table
Mike Sutton looks at how Mendeleev’s patience revealed periodicity in the elements
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OpinionWelcome to the International Year of the Periodic Table
Celebrating both 150 years of chemistry’s roadmap and 100 years of Iupac
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PodcastMyristicin
The spice that gives your Christmas eggnog its distinctive taste and aroma is also a toxic narcotic that played an important role in international history
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ResearchChinese cave holds carbon dating ‘Holy Grail’
Carbon-14 measurements from stalagmites takes carbon dating back as far as it can go
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FeatureScience, suffrage and misogyny
100 years after women could first vote in UK general elections, Rachel Brazil looks back at their fight for professional equality in chemistry
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ReviewThe Rhubarb Connection and Other Revelations: The Everyday World of Metal Ions
Lars Öhrström and Jacques Covès tell the stories of the metal ions in modern technology and medicine
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PodcastLow-background steel
Post-nuclear steel is a little bit radioactive, so for some specialist jobs we need to find a source of steel from before the bomb
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Opinion23 things that happened in chemistry in 2018
Lot’s of chemistry happened in 2018, here’s a review of the year in numbers
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OpinionWhy Dorothy Hodgkin belongs on the £50 banknote
The only British woman to win a Nobel prize in science deserves wider recognition
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OpinionDoes Ada Lovelace belong on the £50 note?
Tales from the amazing life of the self-proclaimed ‘bride of science’
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FeatureThe great war clean-up
A century after the end of the first world war, the task of disposing of old chemical weapons continues. Michael Freemantle reports
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ResearchBiomarkers reveal ancient history of tobacco smoking in the Pacific Northwest
Stone pipe residues suggest wild tobacco was smoked for centuries before the arrival of Euro-American settlers
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FeatureHahn, Meitner and the discovery of nuclear fission
80 years ago, Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner made a discovery that led to nuclear weapons – yet Meitner was never given the recognition she deserved