All articles by Simon Cotton – Page 2

Review
Science year by year

2013-12-04T00:00:00Z

A brief history
Podcast
Hexenal

2013-11-27T00:00:00Z

For many, it’s the smell of spring and summer. But hexenal - responsible for the aroma of freshly cut grass - makes Simon Cotton think of cricket.
Podcast
Napalm

2013-11-13T00:00:00Z

A devastating weapon indelibly associated with Apocalypse Now and the Vietnam war, Simon Cotton introduces Napalm
Podcast
Thujone

2013-09-25T00:00:00Z

Wrongly blamed for murders and hallucinations, Simon Cotton raises a glass of absinthe to this week’s compound: Thujone
Podcast
Wilkinson's catalyst

2013-09-06T00:00:00Z

Simon Cotton introduces the dynamic Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson, and the catalyst that carries his name
Podcast
Curcumin

2013-07-31T00:00:00Z

For an aromatic curry and, potentially, a healthier life, Simon Cotton recommends curcumin
Podcast
VX

2013-06-05T00:00:00Z

The stuff of action films and horrifying news stories, Simon Cotton introduces the infamous nerve agent, VX
Podcast
Cathinone

2013-05-22T00:00:00Z

Simon Cotton introduces us to cathinone, the active ingredient in the stimulant Khat
Podcast
Menthol

2013-03-06T00:00:00Z

Simon Cotton channels the Fonz and stays cool
Podcast
2-Methylundecanal

2012-12-12T00:00:00Z

Simon Cotton sniffs out the chemistry behind 2-Methylundecanal
Review
From stars to stalagmites

2012-11-26T00:00:00Z

How everything connects
Podcast
Artemisinin

2012-11-14T00:00:00Z

The compound behind the drug leading the fight against malaria
Review
A guide to the elements (3rd edn)

2012-11-13T00:00:00Z

Periodically updated
Review
Sand and silicon: science that changed the world

2012-09-07T00:00:00Z

Not just microchips
Podcast
Cocaine

2012-06-20T00:00:00Z

Simon Cotton on the 'lifestyle' drug that can be detected on 'most' banknotes
Review
Early railway chemistry and its legacy

2012-06-05T00:00:00Z

Chemists in locomotion
Podcast
Dimethylmercury

2012-04-25T00:00:00Z

Simon Cotton investigates one of the strongest known neurotoxins
Podcast
Dimethyl sulfide

2012-04-18T00:00:00Z

Simon Cotton unveils the chemistry behind this unpleasant-smelling compound
Podcast
Galantamine

2012-02-22T00:00:00Z

Simon Cotton travels back in time to the discovery of Galantamine
Podcast
Methamphetamine

2011-09-07T00:00:00Z

A mood enhancing molecule, Simon Cotton investigates the chemistry of Methamphetamine