Aleksandar Kondinski, KU Leuven, Belgium, uses commercially available toys to create complex chemical structures

Learn from this picture which ingredients are in a lipstick and why they are added

How pyrethrins kill insects and the variety of modern pyrethroids

Experiences around a radio program on the elements and a large periodic table at Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain

What are tattoo inks and where do the colors come from? Where in the skin is the tattoo?

Impress your friends on the New Year's Eve party with these chemistry-based facts

What you need to know about the flame of a candle

The hypothetical (bio-)chemistry behind the transformation of a frail soldier into a comic book superhero

Comparing the insecticidal activity of DDT and pyrethrins

Editors recommend science-themed holiday gift ideas