Nicola Gaston, University of Auckland, New Zealand, and author of "Why Science is Sexist" talks about fairness and equality in research

Extinguished candle pulls egg through bottleneck

Wax vapor reignites a candle

Wax vapors can be ignited at the end of a tube

As with a wick, a liquid fuel is supplied to the flame by capillary forces against the force of gravity

Troels Skrydstrup, Aarhus University, Denmark, talks about his work in organic synthesis and why Denmark is a great place to do research

Extinguishing a candle with baking powder and vinegar

David Milstein, Weizmann Institute of Science, talks about organometallic catalysis, hydrogen storage, and surprises in research

Susumu Kitagawa, Kyoto University, Japan, explains his research

Marko Hapke, University of Linz and Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT), talks about group 9 metals in catalysis