We often think of chemistry as precision work that requires beakers, droppers, scales, centrifuges, and Bunsen burners. But what if you could just crank this $5 music box chemistry kit and create ...

Growing kids tend to repeat all sorts of colorful language heard while at school, yet there's one particular C-word that causes some parents to feel a special type of dread. Chemistry. A new teaching ...

Although children’s chemistry kits were first manufactured in the 18th century, it wasn’t until around the time of the Great Depression that they became a popular toy. The marketing was simple: ...

MEL Science raised $2.2 million in venture funding to bring virtual reality chemistry lessons to schools in the U.S. Eighty-two percent of science teachers surveyed in the U.S. believe virtual reality ...

In this glorious age of chemophobia, chalk up another victory for mass hysteria: Now you can buy the CHEMISTRY 60 chemistry set for children featuring “60 fun activities with no chemicals.” I’m ...

I was able to test out the Foundation Chemistry Kit: Beakers and Bubbles (Yellow Scope). I think it’s pretty interesting. It says it’s for girls, but I think it’s for boys and girls. It can be for all ...

Chances are, the school biology class activity you remember best is dissection — cutting apart a frog or a fish reeking of formaldehyde. Well, biology is evolving, and so is the teaching of it: New ...

I raise my glass high and toast the scientists at the Technical University of Munich who have pointed the way to keeping beer tasting fresher longer. Unlike wine, which often improves with age, beer ...