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OpinionDo bond classifications help or hinder chemistry?
Ionic, covalent, metallic and more… but there’s debate about whether bonds are real at all
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OpinionNew scientific categories bring vitality
The history of vitamins shows that ‘kinds’ don’t have to exist in nature to drive scientific discoveries
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OpinionChemistry’s history through the feminist lens
Examining how science excludes women and other underrepresented groups
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OpinionInterpreting the impact of AI large language models on chemistry
LLMs may outperform Alphafold, but currently struggle to identify simple chemical structures
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FeatureWhat does AI mean for chemistry?
Phil Ball looks at whether letting machines do our thinking for us will change our understanding of chemistry itself
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OpinionDoes the periodic table reveal laws of nature?
There could be more to learn from ordering the elements
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OpinionIn search of the chemical bond
Philosophy of science can help us discover new ways of understanding whether bonds really exist
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OpinionIs there a natural order in which complex objects appear?
Assembly theory suggests there might be
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OpinionHow chemistry provides a unique perspective on causation
Philosophical mysteries around chemical reactions
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OpinionBeyond the transition state
Entropy production could be a key guide to predicting how a reaction product forms
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OpinionThe different shades of sexist science
How supposedly scientific arguments for the inferiority of women support gender discrimination
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OpinionA century of curly arrows
Celebrating the simple symbols that – along with their straight counterparts – encapsulate complex chemical behaviours
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OpinionBecause it isn’t there
Why do chemists do what they do? The underlying philosophy for many of us is the same as it has been for centuries
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OpinionRethinking our relationship to nature
How the scientific revolution made it culturally permissible to exploit the environment
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OpinionScience as a product of culture
The role of background beliefs and assumptions in the development of science