Where would carbon-based life be without carbon? There are 118 known chemical elements, but carbon is the fourth most abundant and perhaps the most important to human life. Everywhere you look ...

Sometimes these elements are unwanted; other times they're intentionally added. Carbon (C): Carbon, a nonmetallic element, forms a number of organic and inorganic compounds and can be found in ...

Carbon could be the most misunderstood element on earth. In Carbon: The Unauthorized Biography, a documentary from The Nature of Things, world-renowned scientists explore the element’s story ...