Explosive chemistry doesn’t always mean danger. In many cases, it simply refers to reactions that produce dramatic visual ...

Researchers from the University of Greifswald and the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg (both in Germany) have developed a prototype experimental setup that simulates flow properties in ...

Many kids will be spending more time learning from home as the school year ramps up during the COVID-19 pandemic. Without the beakers and test tubes of the science lab, it may seem difficult to ...

The cool thing about science is that it describes what's happening all around us, all the time. Sometimes, though, kids find it hard to connect what they know about science to the real world. These ...

This photo shows the upper part of the water tornado model. The acrylic glas tank has a diameter of 50 centimetres and is illuminated with LED strips. The water forms a vortex whose surface shape ...

Audrey O'Grady receives funding from Science Foundation Ireland. She is affiliated with Department of Biological Sciences, University of Limerick. Many people think science is difficult and needs ...

Beth Harris, a long-time science educator and creator of Fort Kit for Kids and STEMPlay, shares an easy experiment you can do at home. Beth Harris, a long-time science educator and creator of Fort Kit ...

IN consequence of reading your note in NATURE of September 27, on M. Gustave le Bon's paper on various forms of phosphorescence, the following experiments were tried. A surface, previously dark, of ...

Tiny, weirdly adorable creatures called tardigrades are one of the toughest organisms on Earth. Tardigrades, which are perhaps better known as water bears because of their plump bodies, belong to an ...

Can your kids balance 14 nails on one? Beth Harris, science educator, has a challenge for them ... and a little lesson about center of gravity. Beth Harris, Raleigh mom and science educator, returns ...