All weapons of war are awful — guns, bombs, bayonets, even arrows from bows — whenever one of these is fired, no good can come to the person on the other end. But war is war. The mortal hate that ...

Thanks to Arlene Garrison and Gordon Fee for contributing to this "Historically Speaking" column. At 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 7, the American Chemical Society (ACS) will recognize the K-25 Gaseous ...

STOCKPILES: Empty 1,600-pound steel containers stored at Pine Bluff Arsenal once held hazardous materials and required decontamination. Credit: Wikimedia Commons The U.S. is on the brink of finally ...

The history of the chemical and petroleum industries, which created the modern plastics industry, is widely available from books, published articles and the internet. But very few people know that ...

I have always been struck by the way a single scientific insight can redraw the boundaries of power, turning abstract equations and lab glassware into tools of coercion and control. When chemistry ...

The use of chemical weapons in modern history has been blessedly rare, but terrifying and deadly nonetheless. Here, a brief timeline. An Iranian woman is treated in a makeshift hospital, April 1988, ...

It's the first time in many years residents have had a chance to speak out against allowing a chemical company on the site of the Thompson Chemical Co. explosion in Hebronville. The 32-acre parcel ...