All Thought experiments articles
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OpinionWhat makes a scientific breakthrough truly chemical?
Why MOFs are a great choice for the Nobel prize in chemistry
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OpinionThe conceptual challenge of consumer safety
Understanding causation can motivate product improvements
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OpinionWhat the smell of benzene tells us about the world
A philosophical discussion about how much we can trust our senses
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OpinionHow feminist bioethics can improve women’s health
From correcting research imbalances to placing value on lived experiences
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OpinionClassifications, racial discrimination and Covid-19
Lessons with philosophical significance for how we group people and objects
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OpinionThe moral theories behind climate deadlock
Why is it so controversial to do the right thing for the environment?
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OpinionDid AI just win the Nobel prizes in physics and chemistry?
The importance of the expert eye in scientific progress
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OpinionHow much science should there be in philosophy?
A debate about metaphysics that’s crucial to how we understand the world
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OpinionThere’s more to alchemy than its mystical nature
It was crucial to the development of chemistry
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OpinionThe nuances of chemical confirmation
Supporting a hypothesis is more difficult than it might seem
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OpinionThe rise of techno-science
Appreciating technology’s role in understanding how the world works
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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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OpinionPredicting and discovering in chemistry
How scientists look into the past, present and future
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OpinionChemistry’s history through the feminist lens
Examining how science excludes women and other underrepresented groups
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OpinionDoes the periodic table reveal laws of nature?
There could be more to learn from ordering the elements