All articles by David Jones
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Opinion
Reigniting the match
Could some clever combustion chemistry produce a better pocket igniter?
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How the leopard got its spots
Alan Turing once looked to chemistry to suggest how patterns form
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Pop culture
Fizzy drinks were an instant hit, but could their tongue-tingling success be captured in solid form?
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A negative outlook
Could the Shroud of Turin’s mysterious negative imprints have a chemical cause?
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Opinion
How to survive a nuclear bomb
Flash, blast and radiation – is it possible to live through a catastrophe?
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Cosmic Chemistry
Perhaps the island of stability lives among the stars instead of at the bottom of the periodic table
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Explosive mixtures
Nobel’s name was made in explosives, but what about the chemistry behind them?
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Flying: heavier or lighter than air?
Hydrogen balloons have fallen out of favour, except in chemistry demonstrations