COLUMBIA, S.C. — We have two holidays to celebrate this week - Saint Patrick’s Day and the start of spring. Today’s experiment ties in both of those holidays. The experiment, sometimes called "walking ...

Place cups in a row (I used five cups). Fill the first, third and fifth cups most of the way full. Add food coloring to the water. To make a rainbow effect, add a few drops of blue color to the first ...

While the cold weather may deter many from going outside, others like to take advantage of the freezing temperatures and test out different science experiments. From blowing frozen bubbles to throwing ...

WASHINGTON, March 28, 2011 — What may be the world's largest chemistry experiment in history launched last week as part of the International Year of Chemistry 2011. The American Chemical Society (ACS) ...

Did you know about 71 percent of the Earth's surface is covered with water? And up to 60% of the human adult body is water? Water is essential for all life on the Earth, and it is one of the most ...

Researchers have created metallic water for the first time. Through a very careful experimental setup, the team grew a thin layer of a gold-colored metallic water on the outside of a droplet of liquid ...

When summer starts to drag, you need a few tricks in your kit for entertaining the kids, preferably outside the house. These easy water activities are designed to take just minutes to set up but will ...

A Central Valley farmer, whose bold experiment of flooding his vineyards and orchards with floodwaters in order to replenish the underground aquifer, has led other farmers in the drought-ravaged ...

A scientist at England’s University of Reading shared a video of a unique water experiment he conducted that shows how water is absorbed into different soils. Rob Thompson, who conducted the ...

Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the nature of Danielle Albers' injuries. She suffered second- and third-degree burns. Danielle and Chad Albers just wanted to ...