All The crucible articles – Page 7
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OpinionAppreciating art criticism
Philip Ball considers Chinese works of art that comment on environmental and chemical issues
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OpinionDoes life play dice?
Philip Ball wonders whether life evolved to exploit quantum phenomena, or if it’s just in our nature
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OpinionThe fascinating in the familiar
A simple droplet shows that there are still plenty of puzzles to ponder in everyday observations, says Philip Ball
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OpinionHow the Pelican got its hue
Philip Ball covers the chemical history of Penguin’s inexpensive educational books
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OpinionIs junk DNA all garbage?
A brouhaha in biology shows that uncovering what we don’t know is more important than arguments about what we do, says Philip Ball
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OpinionComputational chemicals
Philip Ball explains how creative chemists are teaching molecules some new tricks
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Sense and sense ability
Philip Ball is surprised to discover just how sensitive we are about our feelings
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OpinionWe choose to go to the muon
Subatomic sorties have uncovered strange new species, says Philip Ball. Should we give these alien atoms a place at the table?
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OpinionNovelty hits top the charts
There’s no formula for citation success, says Philip Ball, but high-impact tracts mix the classical with the unconventional
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Chemistry's climate of scepticism
Philip Ball asks why chemistry seems to have more than its share of global warming’s opponents
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OpinionCrystallography 101
Philip Ball reflects on a century of progress in the science of structure
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DNA waves don't wash
Philip Ball asks why a spectacular claim seems to have been overlooked. Sometimes science doesn’t work the way it’s supposed to
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OpinionA self-assembled periodic table
Philip Ball unpacks the instructions for a new periodic table
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The name's (quadruple) bond?
Philip Ball discusses the contentious issue of C2 bonding. Dare we draw four lines?
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OpinionQuantum leaps of faith
The path to quantum mechanics becomes smoother if you take a different route, says Philip Ball
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A (chemical) potential theory of life's origin
Philip Ball says we should look beyond the molecules that make us to find the spark of life