All Culture and people articles – Page 128
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ResearchDress dye analysis points to fast-moving fashion in 19th century
Purple dyes took as little as four years to go from synthesis to mass production
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CareersThe race to equality
Nina Notman looks at the group and individual efforts to promote racial equality in academia
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OpinionWeapons of mass discussion
A chemistry opera gives reason to face up to the role of scientists in war, says Philip Ball
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OpinionLovelock’s detector
In the 100th edition of Classic Kit, Andrea Sella explores the science that revealed a change is in the air
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NewsResearchers dance the night away for science communication prize
31 PhD researchers put on their dancing shoes in a bid to win ‘Dance your PhD’ competition
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CareersThe classical singer
May Turner tells Phillip Broadwith how she balances topping the music charts with developing the latest generation of engine oils
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NewsIntrigue at the top of the US’s Chemical Safety Board
Agency that reviews US industrial chemical accidents is trying to oust its managing director
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OpinionSix of the best from Sella
Andrea Sella shares his favourite memories from exploring the history of lab equipment
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OpinionEmerging from Babel
Will English ever lose its place as the lingua franca of chemistry, asks Derek Lowe
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FeatureDating the age of humans
Physical science is helping archaeologists close in on the real answers behind the mysteries of human evolution, finds Ida Emilie Steinmark
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ResearchIngenuity, relevance and execution
Anubhav Saxena from the Indian branch of Momentive Performance Materials gives his perspective on innovation
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PodcastMercury fulminate, Hg(CNO)2
Michael Freemantle examines the explosive history and chemistry of mercury fulminate
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ResearchJurassic pigment structure elucidation tickles chemists pink
Unusual boron-based molecule found in ancient algae fossil throws light on natural product evolution
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ResearchChemical fingerprints of prehistoric beekeepers discovered
Traces of beeswax found on 8500-year-old pottery fragments provide evidence of early bee domestication
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NewsChina’s first science Nobel prize exposes anxiety on research
Award raises doubts over competitive funding model that apes western science