Today we talk about chemical reactions occurring not only here on Earth, but even in the interstellar medium. We may have lost the naĆÆve simplicity, but we have gained the understanding, precision, and predictive power.
What's the human body made of? Ninety-nine percent consists of atoms of just six elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus...
How many times have you made a New Year's Resolution, only to find yourself apologizing to yourself, days or maybe even only hours later, when you find that you just cannot keep your promise?
2012 marks the second year American Elements has published its annual Endangered Elements List, a list of elements which, by their scarcity and technological importance, threaten America's long-term prospects.
As anyone who ever took grade-school chemistry knows, elements are the building blocks of the universe. Do you really want to be built out of livermorium or flerovium? I didn't think so.
Despite common assumptions and practices that have permeated our psyches for some time now, the Earth, as our Native peoples have always said, cannot be owned.
The four most important words in the English language are yes, no, hello and goodbye. They are, at once, the most commonly used words and the most profound.
Instead of regarding the elements as our enemies, something to harness, subdue, exploit or escape, maybe it is time to start honoring them again, restoring them, learning from them, aligning with them.
January 2010, done and not so bad. Memories of last January, and the deep freeze of the economy, are receding but it is good to remember how differen...