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Taco Bell: Thanks for the Lawsuit
Taco Bell defends its seasoned beef, explaining its 88 percent actual beef and 12 percent "secret recipe." Reassured?
Education
The Periodic Table Goes Touchscreen
The iPad is not even three weeks old, and the predictions for how it will revolutionize education keep coming. The info-tech research company...
Lifestyle
Feast Your Eyes: Monsanto's Conquest of Weather
Check out the incredible conquest Monsanto embarked upon in 1958.
Education
Searching for Educational Resources Online Is About to Get Much Easier
Thanks to a Creative Commons joint project, students searching for "chemistry" online won't get sent to a dating site.
Lifestyle
Infographic: Can You Cook Safely With Teflon?
Overheated Teflon can kill caged birds, but is there any safe way to use the plastic polymer that coats many non-stick pans?
Culture
Whale Snot, Promoting at Random, and the Other Ig Nobel Winners
The Ig Nobel awards are given out for the silliest sounding scientific papers of the year. Learn about the winners.
Technology
It's Nobel Time: Chemistry
Today's prize went to three scientists who created a new chemical reaction that is responsible for more than a quarter of all drugs on the market.
Lifestyle
Taste of Tech: Breakfast, Shot from Guns
Reverse engineering puffed rice to make Rice Krispies and other secrets of cereal chemistry from a 105-year-old.
Lifestyle
Infographic: The Chemistry of a Bloody Mary
Chemists unearth some surprising health benefits in your iconic morning cocktail.
Business
Greenwashers, Beware: Checks and Balances Might Be on Their Way
Let's say you see a product on the shelf that says "natural," or "organic," or "biodegradable" on the label. Would you then believe that the...
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The Periodic Table of the Europeans
Take heed, chemists! The forty-nine countries of Europe have finally been organized into their very own periodic table. This useful table contains...
