chemistry

A selection of illustrations from the new book Carbon, One Atom’s Odyssey.

Music reminds us why going solo goes against our better nature.

As science blurs the real and unreal, we are learning to distinguish them in new ways.

The next generation of dating algorithms will use real-life interactions.

From steam to ice, water continues to mystify.

You’re dead meat without special molecules that kill rotten proteins.

Anxious distillers are trying to make bourbon old before its time.

Suspended animation is becoming a life-saving medical procedure.

14-year-old creates eco-battery with aluminum foil, old guitar strings, and club soda.