Chemistry

The Smell Of Books: Judging An Old Book By Its Odor

Wired | Alexis Madrigal | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books


Take an antique leather-bound book, open it up, and inhale deeply. There's just something about that old-book smell. And thanks to a new analytical ch...

What's Love Got To Do With It? Demystifying Romantic Attraction

Lauren Mackler | Posted 10.09.2009 | Living


Lauren Mackler

To what can we attribute feelings toward our partners that are emotionally overpowering? And why do we often react so strongly to the end of a relationship?

Israeli Ada Yonath, Americans Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas Steitz Win Nobel Chemistry Prize

AP | MALCOLM RITTER | Posted 10.07.2009 | World


NEW YORK — Two Americans and an Israeli won a Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for creating detailed blueprints of the protein-making machiner...

Reader's Question: There is Chemistry, and She is Ready, But He Won't Keep His Dates

Margaret Ruth | Posted 07.02.2009 | Living


Margaret Ruth

I really feel an intense heart connection with this man and I can't seem to let it go. I have been in tears and my soul is aching.

Chemistry Nobel Prize Awarded For Discovery Of Cancer-Tracking Jellyfish Protein

AP | MALCOLM RITTER | Posted 11.08.2008 | Home


Three U.S.-based scientists won a Nobel Prize on Wednesday for turning a glowing green protein from jellyfish into a revolutionary way to watch the ti...