Scientists use a scale called the pH scale to measure how acidic or basic something is. The scale runs from 0 to 14. Where 0 is the most acidic and 14 is the most basic. Around the middle we have ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I remember learning about acids and bases (or ...

Defining “basic” is anything but. While basicness is commonly understood as a binary, close scrutiny—in the form of a weekend on Long Island—has reminded me that this is far from the case. Like ...