It was with excitement that I learned that once again a chemist would be presenting the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures in 2012. Peter Wothers would oversee the creation of a living periodic ...

For many science-loving kids in the U.K., at this time of year the only thing that can compare to the excitement of Santa's arrival is the annual Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. If you've not ...

Winter, with its cold, dark nights, is a great time for huddling by the fire and telling stories of wonder. These tales could be spooky yarns about ghosts haunting a miser or the madcap adventures of ...

The annual Schools Christmas lecture is being presented by Dr David Foley, who will be conducting a series of colourful, cold and occasionally explosive experiments. What motivates chemists? Is it the ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I've never had the pleasure of being in the ...

James Nowick has got the world on a screen. He’s logged into a big map of the planet and is cross-referencing it with a YouTube list of the top countries in which people have viewed one of his online ...