There's a long, long history of biologists one-upping each other with bizarre new forms of life, but scientists have never discovered something quite like GFAJ-1, an arsenic-loving bacterium whose ...

Before phosphorus became a common ingredient in lightbulbs and bombs, early chemists isolated it from urine — at the time, an at-hand source of undiscovered chemicals. According to a recipe by English ...

British author Aldersey-Williams, whose range includes architecture, design, and science, delves into the elemental%E2%80%94the perfect subject matter for his ...