All Chemistry World articles in October 2017
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ReviewCommon sense, the Turing test, and the quest for real AI
To produce thinking machines – or even just machines that we think are thinking – we first need to understand exactly how we think.
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ReviewWhich yet survive: impressions of friends, family and encounters
Memoirs of travelling chemist John Mills
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ReviewInferior: how science got women wrong – and the new research that’s rewriting the story
An exploration of research into gender differences
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CareersVideo games are enabling discovery
Gamification is harnessing an untapped army of citizen scientists
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OpinionGas, flame and baseball
The mixed fates of three sports legends who joined the US Chemical Corps during the first world war
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ReviewA crack in creation: the new power to control evolution
How studying bacterial immunity led to the development of Crispr
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OpinionYour advice for new chemistry students
Seasoned chemists share their tips for surviving the undergraduate degree
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OpinionLetters: October 2017
Your opinions on redefining the kilogram, timing viscosity and Victorian anaesthetics
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PuzzleOctober 2017 puzzles
Download the puzzles from the October 2017 print issue of Chemistry World
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OpinionScientists become bedeviled advocates
Scientists need to stand up for rational thinking at a time when it is under threat around the world
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OpinionDoes the Nobel prize still matter?
Outmoded, capricious and burdened with obligations – so why does everybody want one?
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FeatureThe long road to an HIV vaccine
A vaccine may not be available anytime soon, but its proponents are hard at work
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CareersFinding your future in south east France
The south east of France offers great quality of life for chemists willing to learn the language
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OpinionShould individual companies be blamed for climate change?
Argument ignores consumers’ responsibility driven by our energy demands
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NewsSwansea’s re-opened chemistry department welcomes first undergraduates
Department opens its doors again after a 13-year break
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FeaturePhotoredox: charge of the LED brigade
Forget fluorescent light bulbs, photochemistry has become a lot more sophisticated