Following the 150th anniversary of the periodic table, Chris Campbell highlights the forgotten work of Josiah Parsons Cooke (1827-1894).

In this piece, Katy Duncan explores the seemingly contradictory ways we teach the electrolysis of water to teenagers.

Starting from the history of aluminium, this piece reflects on the nature of scientific discovery.

How come an element was forgotten for 30 years? This article tells the exciting story of the discovery, loss and rediscovery of vanadium.

In his 1991 book Inference to the Best Explanation, Peter Lipton argued that identification of the best explanation out of a pool of comp...

The debate about chemistry’s relation to quantum physics has been a persisting one. Is chemistry reduced to quantum physics or is there s...

Philosophy of chemistry – that is a thing! Whether one thinks of it as a separate field of philosophy or as a sub-discipline within the m...