chemistry

It's gorgeous when elements react in high resolution.

A new study supports a theory first proposed by Charles Darwin.

It's hard to pick a favorite from these off-the-wall studies exploring topics like whether cats can be both solid and liquid, the physics of walking backwards with coffee, and the brain activity of people who are grossed out by cheese.

Something was wrong with the local felines … and soon humans would get sick too.

The science behind the ooey-gooey slime fad.

File drinking Italian wine under "ancient tradition." Really, really ancient.

In the midst of the Depression, the world turned brighter when brothers Bob and Joe Switzer began developing a dazzling new fluorescent color palette.

There’s a science-based argument for ordering whiskey on the rocks.

The British scientist's electromagnetic discoveries sparked a revolution.

It can be defined—just not in a way that looks good on the wrapper.

Chemistry makes for some great poetic inspiration.

There's a new way to recycle aluminum, even if it has food on it.

This graphic, spotted by inhabitat, presents the information found in a traditional periodic table with pictographs and labels indicating where you might encounter each element in your life.

In the 1st century CE, Pliny the Elder wrote that Roman seawalls grew "every day stronger." Turns out he was right.

Blame chemistry.

It won him first prize at the science fair.

A new video from the American Chemical Society breaks down the science of a substance that we can't break down.

It's all about entropy.

Joe Mabel, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0

From academic tool to popular children's toy, the chemistry set has had a long journey to become an iconic toy.

Your morning routine gets quantified by mathematical models.

Researchers analyzed 20 sets of human remains from one of the many workhouses where entire families were institutionalized—and made to work long hours—as a "remedy" to poverty.

Researchers hope to have the casein packaging on grocery store shelves within the next three years.

Think of the children (or yourself, if you don’t care about children).

The paste is a lie.

Eye-Catching Videos Show the Beauty of Chemical Reactions

Meteorites Splashing Into 'Warm Little Ponds' May Have Sparked Life on Earth

2017 Ig Nobel Prizes Celebrate Research on How Crocodiles Affect Gambling and Other Odd Studies

How Japan's 'Dancing' Cats Predicted a Deadly Environmental Disaster

How to Make Slime With Glue

Archaeologists Find Italy's Earliest Wine—And It's Thousands of Years Older Than We Thought

A Brief History of DayGlo

Why Adding Water to Your Whiskey Makes It Taste Better

9 Facts about Physicist Michael Faraday, the 'Father of Electricity'

The Strange Recipe Behind 'Bubble Gum Flavor'

This Interactive Periodic Table Features a Haiku for Each Element

Scientists Figure Out How to Recycle Aluminum Foil Into an Ingredient for Biofuel

This Illustrated Periodic Table Shows How We Regularly Interact With Each Element

Time Has Only Strengthened These Ancient Roman Walls

Why Does Humid Weather Make Hair Frizzy?

The 14-Year-Old Who Convinced People to Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide

What Really Happens When You Swallow Your Gum?

Watch Liquid Mercury Freeze Solid ... And Hammer Rubber Nails

The Dynamic History of the Toy Chemistry Set

Mathematicians Calculate How to Brew the Perfect Cup of Coffee

Irish Teeth Reveal the Chemical Signature of the Great Famine

This Edible Packaging Is Made From Milk Protein

A Scientific Reason to Stop Peeing in the Pool

Wasabi vs. ‘Wasabi’