iPhone app iPad app Android phone app Android tablet app More


The Four Elements

The Four Elements

05. 7.2013
Today we talk about chemical reactions occurring not only here on Earth, but even in the interstellar medium. We may have lost the naĂŻve...
The Best Chemistry Pick-Up Line Ever?

The Best Chemistry Pick-Up Line Ever?

05. 2.2013
Periodically, something learned in chemistry class will leap off the page and prove useful in your social life. Memorizing the day on which...
WATCH LIVE: Is This The World's Most Boring Experiment?

WATCH LIVE: Is This The World's Most Boring Experiment?

Macrina Cooper-White  05. 1.2013
What's the world's most boring science experiment? You could make a pretty good case for the "pitch drop" experiment. It consists of a...
Life's Left-Handed Molecules Piggybacked Their Way To Earth, Study Suggests

Life's Left-Handed Molecules Piggybacked Their Way To Earth, Study Suggests

05. 1.2013
By: Charles Q. Choi, SPACE.com Contributor Published: 05/01/2013 07:06 AM EDT on SPACE.com The mysterious bias of life on Earth toward...
New 'Origami' Technique May Have Broad Applications

New 'Origami' Technique May Have Broad Applications

04.29.2013
By: Tanya Lewis, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 04/28/2013 01:13 PM EDT on LiveScience There's now a way to make "protein origami"...
Hungry Bugs Use 'Math' To Find Fastest Route, Study Shows

Hungry Bugs Use 'Math' To Find Fastest Route, Study Shows

04.18.2013
By: Tanya Lewis, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 04/17/2013 02:00 PM EDT on LiveScience Just as light does, ants traveling through...
WATCH: 'Stupendous' Brain Technique Hailed By Scientists

WATCH: 'Stupendous' Brain Technique Hailed By Scientists

04.10.2013
NEW YORK -- Talk about clearing your head: Stanford University scientists have found a way to make see-through mouse brains. You take...
Biologist's Discovery-Describing Letter May Sell For HOW Much?

Biologist's Discovery-Describing Letter May Sell For HOW Much?

04.10.2013
By: Megan Gannon, News Editor Published: 04/09/2013 07:37 PM EDT on LiveScience "Jim Watson and I have probably made a most important...
Ancient Ink Called Key In New Analysis Of Long-Lost 'Gospel'

Ancient Ink Called Key In New Analysis Of Long-Lost 'Gospel'

04. 8.2013
By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 04/08/2013 11:37 AM EDT on LiveScience A long-lost gospel that casts Judas...
'Sensomics' Studies Suggest Nose Isn't Only Odor-Detecting Organ

'Sensomics' Studies Suggest Nose Isn't Only Odor-Detecting Organ

04. 8.2013
By: Tanya Lewis, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 04/08/2013 07:34 AM EDT on LiveScience Your nose may not be the only organ able...
WATCH: 3D Printer Creates Human-Like Cells

WATCH: 3D Printer Creates Human-Like Cells

04. 5.2013
By: Tanya Lewis, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 04/04/2013 02:11 PM EDT on LiveScience A team of chemists has found a way to print...
Chemists Crack Code Of Mysterious 'Mayan Blue'

Chemists Crack Code Of Mysterious 'Mayan Blue'

04. 3.2013
By: Megan Gannon, News Editor Published: 04/03/2013 09:09 AM EDT on LiveScience The ancient Maya used a vivid, remarkably durable blue...
World's Lightest Material Created By Scientists Overseas

World's Lightest Material Created By Scientists Overseas

04. 2.2013
Chinese scientists have created the world’s lightest substance -- a material so insubstantial it can perch on the petals of a delicate...
WATCH: This Is What Atoms Look Like In 3D

WATCH: This Is What Atoms Look Like In 3D

Macrina Cooper-White  03.29.2013
Ever wanted to know what atoms look like in 3D? Now's your chance, in a new video showing a platinum nanoparticle under extreme magnification. The...