Philip Ball – Page 4
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OpinionDoes science need democracy to flourish?
Evidence shows good work can survive even the harshest regimes
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OpinionWhose periodic table is it anyway?
Dmitri Mendeleev’s table was not the first – but it’s the one that matters
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OpinionThe physicist's guide to biology
How Erwin Schrödinger’s What is Life? overlooked the central science
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OpinionPreserving the Naica Cave of Crystals
Visitors are changing the chemistry of a natural wonder of the world
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OpinionThe chemistry that inspired H.G. Wells
How the science fiction author borrowed real science to create unreal worlds
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OpinionThe scientists who create life
Chemistry has created life for 100 years – but where can it lead us?
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OpinionRevisiting Richard Dawkins' idea of replication
Why The selfish gene is only part of the story
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OpinionSnapshots of life’s dancers
We need to stop viewing proteins as static and embrace their dynamism
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OpinionDoes the Nobel prize still matter?
Outmoded, capricious and burdened with obligations – so why does everybody want one?
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OpinionA 3D periodic table?
Molecular frameworks could offer whole new perspectives on our chemical world
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