BATTLE GROUND — Looming in the corner of a small classroom at Battle Ground High School is the future of medical education. Reminiscent of the infamous monoliths from “2001: A Space Odyssey,” the ...

If you ever want to open a chemistry theme restaurant, you should be sure to furnish it with 118 tables — one for each element. Note that it could not be a Greek restaurant, because then the number of ...

A century and a half ago, a Russian chemistry professor published a classification of all the known elements, organized by atomic weight. Today, the system that he created for his students — plus some ...

But the periodic table didn’t actually start with Mendeleev. Many had tinkered with arranging the elements. Decades before, chemist John Dalton tried to create a table as well as some rather ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The Adventure Science Center in Nashville installed an adjustable, adult-sized changing table highlighting the need for the tables across the state where fewer than 10 exist.

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. The ...