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 the chemicals found in nature and those made by humans. Both can be harmful or beneficial, depending on how they are used and in what quantities. In that sense, all chemistry is natural – that is, natural laws dictate what molecules we can and can’t […]
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