All Chemistry World articles in May 2021
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ReviewThe Flavor Equation: The Science of Great Cooking Explained + More Than 100 Essential Recipes
Exciting recipes and beautiful photographs, but at the expense for murky science
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ReviewStrange Bedfellows: Adventures in the Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs
Not your average encyclopaedia of infectious diseases
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ReviewHandmade: A Scientist’s Search for Meaning through Making
A hands-on approach to materials science
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PodcastHandmade: A Scientist’s Search for Meaning through Making by Anna Ploszajski – Book club
Uncovering the hidden facets of popular material
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OpinionEmbracing the exposome
Analytical research strategies are evolving to keep up with the chemical complexities of our world
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CareersThe gender pay gap is not going away
Despite a variety of activities in industry and academia, women in chemistry continue to earn less than men
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OpinionLetters: May 2021
Readers ponder hydrogel vaccine distribution and life with hearing difficulties
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FeatureCleaning up industry’s water worries
With clean water supplies increasingly scarce, Angeli Mehta looks at what industry is doing to reduce its demands
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OpinionHow values influence decisions in science
Empirical evidence is not always sufficient to determine the models we use
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NewsUS chemical industry spent $61M to fend off PFAS regulations
Campaign finance records show how chemicals producers lobby against policies aimed to regulate persistent PFAS pollutants
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OpinionTake nobody’s word for it
Sceptic communities should question their own biases toward peer review
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OpinionThe value of media hype for science
Overexcited news reports engage the public with complex scientific issues
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OpinionCommuting polluting
Rethinking the way we work can benefit individuals, communities and societies
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OpinionWhat’s the secret science of conspiracy theories?
Conspiracies can tell us a lot about science and society