Category Archives: Chemistry

Statistically Improbable – The Strange Case of Comet 3I/ATLAS

An illustration of Comet 3I/ATLAS for the article: "Statistically Improbable - The Case of Comet 3I/ATLAS". Artwork: NaturPhilosophie with AI

A cosmic mytery is unfolding in real-time. 3I/ATLAS is not just a comet. For astrophysicists who have been following its nearing trajectory since 1st July 2025, it is a question mark.

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Dating Rocks – Methods of Historical Surface Exposure Analysis

Dating Rocks with Cosmogenic Nuclides Artwork: NaturPhilosophie with AI

Our Earth is constantly bombarded with high energy particles and cosmic rays.  These charged particles interact with the atoms in atmospheric gases, producing a cascade of secondary particles.  And you can use those for dating rocks! 

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Neural Oscillations – Are You Having a Brain Wave?

Brain wave or not brain wave? - Ideation Artwork: NaturPhilosophie

The brain is a bio-chemical organ that emanates electromagnetic waves.  That little, we do know.  And brainwaves are linked to cognitive states from awareness and consciousness, to dream states.  But what are their particularities?  And are brain waves modulated by external frequencies?

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Building the Energy Future with Thorium in the Gobi Desert, China

A Thorium fuelled nuclear power installation in the Gobi desert of China - artist's impression. Artwork: NaturPhilosophie with AI

Wuwei City, Gansu, China.  On the edge of the Gobi desert, the production of safe, inexpensive nuclear energy is soon to be underway.  The technology will not use uranium, and it will not require water for its cooling process.

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Eliminating the Impossible – The Complex Electro-Chemistry Behind the Hessdalen Lights

Hessdalen Lights II: A composite picture (in negative colours) showing the Hessdalen light phenomenon and people gathered at a lookout point to observe at night. Artwork: NaturPhilosophie

A Norwegian valley.  Strange lights observed by many witnesses.  It has been called “Norway’s Roswell”.  But what makes the remote valley of Hessdalen so different from other locations?

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Our Burning Planet – Beyond Net Zero, Will We Adapt Or Die?

An illustration showing a large part of the Atlantic side of the Northern hemisphere almost entirely engulfed by orange flames, created for the post: Our Burning Planet - Beyon Net Zero Will We Adapt or Die? Artwork: NaturPhilosophie

As World leaders meet for COP26 in Glasgow, the Earth has already reached 1.2 °C warming above pre-1880s industrial levels.

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Within The Blood

Human blood is quite remarkable.  It transports oxygen, hormones and nutrients.  It tracks down and kills pathogens, carries away waste products, helps regulate body temperature, and it irrigates all our internal organs.  And the blood is packed with information.

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Looking Into The Abyss – The JOIDES Resolution Progress Update

Looking into the Abyss... The Moon pool onboard the JOIDES Resolution scientific vessel. Artwork: NaturPhilosophie, after IODP original photograph.

A 42-year-old converted oil exploration ship, JOIDES Resolution is one of the few drilling vessels available to earth scientists for the geological study of the seabed at ocean depths below 8,000 metres.  Its ultimate aim is to become better acquainted with what goes on beneath the Earth’s crust.

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Rock of Ages – Why Banded Iron Formations Are Far From Boring…

Two-and-a-half tonne banded iron formation at Hintze Hall, Natural History Museum, London. Artwork: NaturPhilosophie

This 2.5-tonne lump of rock is a banded iron formation.  It marks a turning point in the history of life on our beautiful planet.  A crucial chemical transition.  When oxygen started becoming abundant.  And life took its next step towards complexity…

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Trudeau’s Canada: From Climate Champion to Environmental Pariah?

A composite illustration for the post "Trudeau's Canada: From Climate Champion to Environmental Pariah?" Artwork: NaturPhilosophie

Canada.  A land of unspoiled wilderness and natural beauty, led by the poster boy of progressive politics Justin Trudeau who has cast himself as an environmental champion.  Canada as the World sees it…

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