All Chemistry World articles in December 2018
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ReviewFilm: The Devil We Know
The story of an industrial waste dumping scandal, the effects of which have persisted for decades
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ReviewThe Weather Detective: Rediscovering Nature’s Secret Signs
Peter Wohlleben’s book shows urbanites how to re-connect with nature through the weather
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ReviewNodding Off: The Science of Sleep from Cradle to Grave
Alice Gregory’s book explains the purpose, psychology and physiology of sleep at different stages of life
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ReviewThe Book of Humans: The Story of How We Became Us
Adam Rutherford sets out to explain what it is that sets us apart from other animals
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ReviewHello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine
Mathematician Hannah Fry explores the power and limitations of the algorithms that surround us
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FeatureScience, suffrage and misogyny
100 years after women could first vote in UK general elections, Rachel Brazil looks back at their fight for professional equality in chemistry
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ReviewThe Rhubarb Connection and Other Revelations: The Everyday World of Metal Ions
Lars Öhrström and Jacques Covès tell the stories of the metal ions in modern technology and medicine
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Opinion23 things that happened in chemistry in 2018
Lot’s of chemistry happened in 2018, here’s a review of the year in numbers
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ReviewOrganic Chemistry for Babies
A chance for parents to start training the next generation of chemists
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ReviewI’m a Joke and So Are You: A Comedian’s Take on What Makes Us Human
Robin Ince unravels the quirks of the human mind through conversations with psychologists, neuroscientists and fellow comedians
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PuzzleDecember 2018 puzzles: Jumbo CrOsSWORd
Download the puzzles from the December 2018 print issue of Chemistry World
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Opinion'I used to have a golden Rolls Royce...'
Peter Atkins on textbooks, Tibet and his legendary automobile
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NewsChemists Rosalind Franklin and Dorothy Hodgkin in the running for new face of £50 note
Other favourites to adorn the new polymer note are Stephen Hawking, Ada Lovelace and Margaret Thatcher
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OpinionPushing the limits of patent protection
Some methods of extending exclusivity rights raise legal and ethical questions
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FeatureA taste of wine chemistry
Nina Notman talks to the wine detectives uncovering the flavour molecules in our favourite tipples