How neuroscience is exploding the myth of male and female brains
28 February 2019
Stereotypes of how biological sex influences ability and behaviour abound – but the latest research reveals a very different story, says Gina Rippon
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Here's my favourite element – what's yours?
27 February 2019
A Nobel laureate, a comedian and a cast of chemists share their favourite elements, from a signature of alien life to a source of comic book superpower
Inside the Russian factory making the heaviest atoms in the universe
27 February 2019
For 118 elements, the trends of the periodic table have held reasonably well. But we might soon make atoms so huge they break all the rules
Three reasons why the periodic table needs a redesign
26 February 2019
Chemists can't agree on the best way to arrange the elements, prompting proposals of everything from spiral-shaped alternatives to radically elongated versions
The true story of the birth of the periodic table, 150 years ago
26 February 2019
Contrary to the myth, Dmitri Mendeleev's great idea didn't come to him in a dream. Here's the real story of the invention and the revolution that followed
