Chemistry

A Culinary Activity from Science Buddies

Pulitzer Priz​e–winning journalist Deborah Blum talks about her book The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the 20th Century, Part 2.

Taking a swig of red wine before eating Brussels sprouts appears to moderate Brussels sprouts' polarizing flavor. Christopher Intagliata reports

Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Deborah Blum talks about her book The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the 20th Century, Part 1.

Freak heavy rainstorms in 2015 and 2017 wiped out many dry-adapted microbes in the Atacama Desert, useful info in the search for life off Earth. Christopher Intagliata reports.

An animating science project from Science Buddies

Airplanes and a planned burn of forest area will help identify the thousands of chemicals in smoke plumes

The synthetic material is faster to make than natural wood

Explosives experts use a combination of x-ray scans, chemical swabs and other tools to evaluate the parcel

Meet the new weed on the block, perhaps one better suited to medical rather than recreational use

The bittering agents called hops have enzymes that chew up starch and unleash more fermentable sugar—which can boost alcohol and CO2 in the finished brew. Christopher Intagliata reports.

“Maybe we're on a roll,” a veteran women-in-science advocate says