All The crucible articles – Page 4
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OpinionBreaking the carbon cycle
Focusing on new technologies to tackle climate change could allow policymakers to dodge their own responsibilities
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OpinionChemical computers question the logic of life
Circuits of chemicals could carry out calculations
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OpinionMachine-learning Mendeleevs have rediscovered the periodic table
Exposing new dimensions in the relationships between elements
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OpinionWhat happens when life has a limited vocabulary?
The longest synthetic genome shows us life is more complicated than just learning your AGCs
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OpinionStorytelling matters in science
Communicating ideas needs a narrative to get the point across
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OpinionHow old is the Turin Shroud?
New evidence has reopened the debate on radiocarbon dating of the relic
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OpinionDoes science need democracy to flourish?
Evidence shows good work can survive even the harshest regimes
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OpinionWhose periodic table is it anyway?
Dmitri Mendeleev’s table was not the first – but it’s the one that matters
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OpinionThe physicist's guide to biology
How Erwin Schrödinger’s What is Life? overlooked the central science
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OpinionPreserving the Naica Cave of Crystals
Visitors are changing the chemistry of a natural wonder of the world
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OpinionThe chemistry that inspired H.G. Wells
How the science fiction author borrowed real science to create unreal worlds
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OpinionThe scientists who create life
Chemistry has created life for 100 years – but where can it lead us?
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OpinionRevisiting Richard Dawkins' idea of replication
Why The selfish gene is only part of the story