The Periodic Table of the Elements is a wonderful aid in understanding chemistry, if you understand the reasons the elements are sorted the way they are. The table itself is a model of information ...

We’re all familiar with the elements of the periodic table, but have you ever wondered what hydrogen or zinc, for example, might sound like? W. Walker Smith, now a graduate student at Indiana ...

As part of their chemistry class, seventh-graders at Cohen Hillel Academy in Marblehead created periodic-table windsocks, integrating the design process with a multi-faceted approach to understanding ...

I suspect that a lot of you readers share with me a lifelong fascination with the Periodic Table of Elements. I'm not sure where I first saw it -- I think maybe it was a poster on the wall of my fifth ...

Editor's note: The following is a text-only version. The complete version with artwork is available for purchase here (PDF). The periodic table of the elements is one of the most powerful icons in ...