Previous Issues

Summer 2010

Jump into the hot seat this issue with climate engineering. Focus on the strange and beautiful chemistry of early photography. And finally, step into the lives of two African American brothers who, despite suffering the effects of racism, made contributions to chemistry.

Spring 2010

This issue includes a look at the evolution of kids' chemistry sets, the rise and fall of saccharin, and how foul-tasting cod-liver oil became a popular panacea in the late 19th century.

Fall 2009

From ancient underground oceans to spies (and their invisible ink) and on to 17th-century female pharmacists, chemistry goes everywhere. 

Summer 2009

Drugs, energy, and lots of hot air. Check out the 2,000-year history of aspirin. Find out about the difficulties facing alternative energy. And discover the joys of balloonomania as 18th-century aeronauts took to the skies in hot-air and hydrogen powered balloons. 

Spring 2009

It's all about issues, and plants. A 1828 murder trial revolving around arsenic raised early questions about scientific testimony. Pasteurization, developed 150 years ago, is still in the hot seat. And finally, a long, slow look at plants in motion. 

 

Winter 2008/9

This issue moves from the mundane to the electrifying, from daily life on a Manhattan Project site to one of the 19th century's scientific superstars, Humphry Davy. And don't forget to taste the results of research on what makes a wine great. 

Fall 2008

Whether it's nylon's role in World War II or the growth of American technological dominance in chemical engineering, this issue tackles chemistry's role in making modernity.

Summer 2008

Before he discovered oxygen, chemist Joseph Priestley invented the first fizzy drink as a medicine for poor people. Today green chemistry reduces the waste byproducts in the making of medicines.