by Tyler Irving Chemistry subject editor Chemistry stories are inherently boring. At least, that’s how they’re often seen by the editors I pitch to. The producer of a prominent science news program once told me that every good chemistry story is really about either biology or physics. To me it always seemed kind of unfair […]
Tyler Irving
Canadian advances in “natural” chemistry
by Tyler Irving Chemistry subject editor When people think of chemistry, they generally picture scientists in sterile laboratories creating chemicals that have never been seen before – nothing much ‘natural’ about that. But if you read my last post for this blog, you’ll know that I have a hard time finding a qualitative difference between […]
Curing chemophobia or, how I learned to stop worrying and love PAHs
by Tyler Irving Chemistry subject editor Are you a chemophobe? Given that you’re reading this on scienceborealis.ca, a site dedicated to science communication, I’m going to assume that you’re probably not. And why should you be? Good chemistry is the basis of romance, so much so that it’s the name of a prominent dating site. […]