While the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has set an international standard for element names, symbols, and atomic weights, the element names and symbols commonly differ from one country to the next. Here is a collection of printable periodic tables in different languages, including English, Spanish, French, […]
Yearly Archives: 2017
This isn’t just any periodic table, this is a Klingon Periodic Table! The element symbols used in this table are written in Klingon script. This table is optimized to fit on any widescreen monitor up to 4K resolutions (3840 × 2160). Download the wallpaper directly, or click the image above. […]
Klingon Periodic Table
On November 7, 1940, the bridge spanning Puget Sound across the Tacoma Narrows in Washington state dramatically collapsed. The Tacoma Narrows bridge opened for traffic on July 1, 1940, as the third longest suspension bridge in the world. Almost immediately, the bridge earned the nicknamed “Gallopin’ Gertie” because of the […]
Today in Science History- November 7 – Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Turn ordinary gummy worms into Frankenworms using the baking soda and vinegar chemical reaction. This Halloween project is perfect for kids.
Dancing Frankenworms Gummy Worm Science Experiment
November 6 marks the passing of Swedish biochemist, Hans von Euler-Chelpin. He was awarded the 1929 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Arthur Harden for their investigations into the process of fermentation and yeast enzymes. Brewers use yeast to convert glucose (sugar) into carbon dioxide and ethyl alcohol. People have been […]
Today in Science History – November 6 – Hans von ...
November 5th is Léon Teisserenc de Bort’s birthday. He was a French meteorologist best known for the discovery of the layer in the atmosphere known as the stratosphere. Teisserenc de Bort was a pioneer of unmanned weather balloons carrying instruments to collect and record data such as temperature, pressure and […]
Today in Science History – November 5 – Léon Teisserenc ...
November 4 marks the anniversary of the day the X-10 graphite nuclear reactor went critical for the first time. The Manhattan Project atomic bomb program needed a source of plutonium-239 for its weapon design. The best place to get plutonium is from uranium. Natural uranium is mostly uranium-238 with a […]
Today in Science History – November 4 – X-10 Facility
November 3 marks the anniversary of the first animal in orbit. On November 3, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the second of their satellites: Sputnik 2. This satellite was originally designed to measure solar irradiance and cosmic rays but Soviet leadership wanted a grand spectacular event to impress the world. […]
Today in Science History – November 3 – Laika Goes ...
Have you ever needed a Japanese periodic table? This genso no shuuki-hyou has each element's number, symbol, name in Japanese, and atomic mass.