Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The pH scale that is widely accepted and used by scientists didn't actually exist until 1909. Before then scientists had ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I remember learning about acids and bases (or ...

Defining “basic” is anything but. While basicness is commonly understood as a binary, close scrutiny—in the form of a weekend on Long Island—has reminded me that this is far from the case. Like ...