CHEMISTRY

The folks at the American Chemical Society have got you covered for game day.

It looks like your parents were on to something.

Lithium takes its name from the Greek word for “stone.”

The truffle’s signature stench is the result of hundreds of chemical compounds.

This seems like a no-brainer.

A team of researchers at North Carolina State University is manipulating carbon in intriguing ways.

A compound produced by decaying tissue makes people more alert to threats.

Medieval alchemists were obsessed with gold—and anything gold-colored.

The prize was awarded to biochemists Tomas Lindahl, Aziz Sancar, and Paul Modrich for their mechanistic studies of cell repair.

You've mastered the half-moon and know exactly what shades are on trend (greige? Marsala?). Still, there's plenty more to learn about the polish you swipe on your fingers and toes.

Furthermore, what color is human meat?

He threw wild, beaned batters, and lost all sense of time—but Dock Ellis still managed to pitch a no-hitter while high on LSD.