Earth’s natural soundtrack is made of the rushing water of a creek behind your house, the patter of rain against your window and leaves crunching under your feet after the weather starts to get cold.

We’re all familiar with the elements of the periodic table, but have you ever wondered what hydrogen or zinc, for example, might sound like? W. Walker Smith, now a graduate student at Indiana ...

This is a guest editorial by Eric Scerri, a lecturer in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles, and author of “The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its ...