Emily Pawley reviews Benjamin R. Cohen’s Notes from the Ground: Science, Soil, and Society in the American Countryside.

BASF had high hopes for its new biodegradable plastic, but success wasn’t simple.

Part 1 of Our Chemical Landscape. Today’s episode: the city, and the role of energy in shaping its past and future.

Chemist Max Bredig’s race to save family and friends from catastrophe.

A lucky streak sends a meteorologist on the flight of a lifetime.

What a manuscript can tell us about an iconic scientist and the history we’ve built around him.