What is so fascinating about this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

The question which forms the title of this essay is simple enough and, to my mind, merits a simple and unequivocal answer: yes.

Does the way we think about scientific entities matter to scientific practice?

Nowadays we all care about our proteins. Supermarket products proudly show the amount of proteins they contain and we are all somehow...

This essay is about a problem that besets chemists’ explanation of how molecular structure comes about.

One of the hottest topics in the philosophy of chemistry is the relationship between chemistry and physics.

Consider the clouds. Then consider those who consider clouds. Cloud-spotters, meteorologists, and atmospheric scientists come to mind....

The debate about chemistry’s relation to quantum physics has been a persisting one. Is chemistry reduced to quantum physics or is there...