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    The superpowers of proteins
    Francesca Bellazzi
    • May 5
    • 6 min

    The superpowers of proteins

    Nowadays we all care about our proteins. Supermarket products proudly show the amount of proteins they contain and we are all somehow...
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    Beyond Cartesian Mechanicism: Robert Boyle’s Chemical Philosophy
    Marina Paola Banchetti-Robino
    • Apr 15
    • 5 min

    Beyond Cartesian Mechanicism: Robert Boyle’s Chemical Philosophy

    Central themes of Marina Paola Banchetti-Robino's book "The Chemical Philosophy of Robert Boyle: Mechanicism, Chymical Atoms, and Emergence"
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    Was the Invention of Agent Orange an Invention at All?
    Alison McManus
    • Feb 14
    • 8 min

    Was the Invention of Agent Orange an Invention at All?

    Agent Orange was born from the knowledge that certain known substances kill plants. But could this knowledge claim constitute an invention?
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    The True Story of How a False Theory Led to the Discovery of Boron
    Jonathon Hricko
    • Jan 20
    • 4 min

    The True Story of How a False Theory Led to the Discovery of Boron

    Can false theories successfully predict previously unknown phenomena? This post discusses one such example: the discovery of boron.
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    Understanding chemical substance (is harder than you might think)
    Marabel Riesmeier
    • Nov 26, 2021
    • 5 min

    Understanding chemical substance (is harder than you might think)

    What is a chemical substance? In this post, Marabel Riesmeier argues that answering this question is more complicated than one might think.
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    How to identify simple substances: chlorine vs. oxymuriatic acid
    Sarah Hijmans
    • Nov 9, 2021
    • 6 min

    How to identify simple substances: chlorine vs. oxymuriatic acid

    How are simple substances identified when it is difficult to tell whether a substance has been decomposed or not?
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    Cipher Treasure Hunt Part II: A Secret Key Hidden in Plain Sight
    Megan Piorko
    • Oct 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    Cipher Treasure Hunt Part II: A Secret Key Hidden in Plain Sight

    Megan Piorko updates us on the quest to solve a historical cipher. It turns out the secret key was hidden in plain sight...
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    Cipher Treasure Hunt
    Megan Piorko & Sarah Lang
    • Jun 29, 2021
    • 4 min

    Cipher Treasure Hunt

    In this post, Megan Piorko and Sarah Lang take us along on their alchemical quest to solve a historical cipher.
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    Are chemical models iconic?
    Chris Campbell
    • Jun 7, 2021
    • 4 min

    Are chemical models iconic?

    Accounts of how diagrams and models represent scientific objects, such as molecules and crystal structures, can be captured under two...
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    Are chemical models representative?
    Hernán Accorinti and Juan Camilo Martínez González
    • Apr 9, 2021
    • 4 min

    Are chemical models representative?

    Challenging the traditional theory-centered view, the philosophy of science of the last decades has directed its attention to models.
    115 views0 comments
    From Molecules to Many Worlds
    Alexander Franklin
    • Mar 26, 2021
    • 5 min

    From Molecules to Many Worlds

    This essay is about a problem that besets chemists’ explanation of how molecular structure comes about.
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    The ontological breakdown between molecular chemistry and quantum mechanics
    Juan Camilo Martínez González & Olimpia Lombardi
    • Mar 1, 2021
    • 5 min

    The ontological breakdown between molecular chemistry and quantum mechanics

    One of the hottest topics in the philosophy of chemistry is the relationship between chemistry and physics.
    120 views0 comments
    Cloudbusting
    Karoliina Pulkkinen
    • Nov 23, 2020
    • 4 min

    Cloudbusting

    Consider the clouds. Then consider those who consider clouds. Cloud-spotters, meteorologists, and atmospheric scientists come to mind....
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    Who Discovered Aluminium - and why is that such a difficult question?
    Sarah Hijmans
    • Nov 2, 2020
    • 6 min

    Who Discovered Aluminium - and why is that such a difficult question?

    Starting from the history of aluminium, this piece reflects on the nature of scientific discovery.
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    Electrolysis and Education: Learning Models not Facts
    Katy Duncan
    • Oct 19, 2020
    • 8 min

    Electrolysis and Education: Learning Models not Facts

    In this piece, Katy Duncan explores the seemingly contradictory ways we teach the electrolysis of water to teenagers.
    197 views0 comments
    Strong Emergence in Chemistry
    Vanessa Seifert
    • Oct 6, 2020
    • 5 min

    Strong Emergence in Chemistry

    The debate about chemistry’s relation to quantum physics has been a persisting one. Is chemistry reduced to quantum physics or is there...
    169 views0 comments
    Andrés Manuel del Rio and the Two Discoveries of Vanadium
    Sarah Hijmans
    • Sep 21, 2020
    • 6 min

    Andrés Manuel del Rio and the Two Discoveries of Vanadium

    How come an element was forgotten for 30 years? This article tells the exciting story of the discovery, loss and rediscovery of vanadium.
    168 views0 comments
    Josiah Parsons Cooke (1827-1894): the forgotten American precursor to the periodic table
    Chris Campbell
    • Aug 28, 2020
    • 4 min

    Josiah Parsons Cooke (1827-1894): the forgotten American precursor to the periodic table

    Following the 150th anniversary of the periodic table, Chris Campbell highlights the forgotten work of Josiah Parsons Cooke (1827-1894).
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    What’s the point of looking into values in chemistry?
    Karoliina Pulkkinen
    • Jul 20, 2020
    • 4 min

    What’s the point of looking into values in chemistry?

    In his 1991 book Inference to the Best Explanation, Peter Lipton argued that identification of the best explanation out of a pool of...
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    The Short History of (the Element) Jargonium
    Sarah Hijmans
    • Jul 1, 2020
    • 4 min

    The Short History of (the Element) Jargonium

    From 1869 to 1870, a new element was the object of a heated priority debate. Who deserved to be called the discoverer of jargonium?
    84 views0 comments
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