Discover the fascinating chemistry that makes our world and everything in it—including us. Just about every solid, liquid, or gas in the world as we know it begins with reactions between individual ...

When chemists design new chemical reactions, one useful piece of information involves the reaction's transition state—the point of no return from which a reaction must proceed. This information allows ...

We are all made from stars. And that's not just a beautiful metaphor. Apart from hydrogen, as many have heard from the Carl Sagan and Neil DeGrasse Tyson Cosmos series, every ingredient in the human ...

Scientists recreate a previously unseen cosmic reaction and reveal how rare elements are formed in stellar explosions ...

A leading theory posits that life originated in prebiotic volcanic hot springs where the right mixture of elements, water, ...

It’s fun to watch chemistry labs explode on video, but you know what’s even more fun? Watching a chemistry experiment in action, with a good explanation of what’s going on. That’s science at its most ...

Note: This video is designed to help the teacher better understand the lesson and is NOT intended to be shown to students. It includes observations and conclusions that students are meant to make on ...