I have a soft spot in my heart for the Bunsen burner. Many years ago, I was trying desperately to finish research for my doctoral degree. I spent Christmas vacation in the lab at the university, only ...

As a rule, stories about Bunsen burners probably aren't that entertaining. They are, after all, pieces of lab equipment, which makes them inherently boring to anyone who thinks of labs as ...

Photograph by B. Anthony Stewart, National Geographic Robert Bunsen: Breakthroughs Bigger Than the Burner A lab flame fuels Wednesday's Google doodle for Robert Bunsen's 200th birthday. But the ...