The rise of molecular modelling

Chemistry isn’t what it used to be. There was a time when things were, some might argue, simpler. It was practical, wet, occasionally dirty, and occasionally smelly. Now, a large group of chemists are exchanging the 8-hour lab sessions for screen marathons, not working with chemicals but simulating them. The rise of molecular modelling is changing the face of chemistry in exciting new ways, which could present both opportunities and challenges to the chemical sciences as a whole and to chemistry education.