Science

Why do the building blocks of life possess a mysterious symmetry?

12 minutes

The two women behind a world-changing scientific discovery

14 minutes

Find the building blocks of nature within a single, humble snowflake

4 minutes

We are not empty

The concept of the atomic void is one of the most repeated mistakes in popular science. Molecules are packed with stuff

Mario Barbatti

A square inch in a Petri dish becomes a grand stage for chemical transformations

4 minutes

Dazzling timelapse shows how microbes spoil our food – and sometimes enrich it

22 minutes

Liquid experiments show how beautiful things can happen when chemicals meet

6 minutes

The incredible – and still quite mysterious – way trees trade information via their roots

5 minutes

How moth larvae carve out cozy, mobile homes inside Mexican jumping beans

4 minutes

There was nothing quick about how we arrived at the standardised second

6 minutes

Dramatic close-ups capture something percolating and exploding – but what is it?

5 minutes

As above, so below – an artist finds the cosmos in a microscopic chemical reaction

6 minutes

Could mining gold from waste reduce its great cost?

Wendy Lee Queen & Mirko Bischofberger

Evolution is not only about competition: the cellular origins of a very big idea

5 minutes

Why synthetic chemicals seem more toxic than natural ones

Niranjana Krishnan

Watching the hidden world of dissolving meds is its own chill pill

2 minutes

Cheers! How the physics of fizz contributes to human happiness

Roberto Zenit & Javier Rodríguez Rodríguez

To really get to know the tallest trees in the world, start with their leaves

3 minutes

Plasma, the mysterious (and powerful) fourth phase of matter

Luca Comisso

The ‘atomic orderliness’ of crystals forming yield resplendent, microscopic landscapes

3 minutes

Peek into the chemical nursery where metal crystals are born and bred

3 minutes

Obsession and electricity: a scientist chases the origins of life in the lab

16 minutes

Dazzling macro photography reveals the marvels of chemicals meeting

7 minutes