Scientific discovery doesn’t always require a high-tech laboratory or a hefty budget. Many people have a first-rate lab right in their own homes – their kitchen. The kitchen offers plenty of ...

Step into the hidden science lab in your kitchen with five easy experiments that explain refraction, surface tension, ...

Just over a week ago, European physicists announced they had measured the strength of gravity on the smallest scale ever. In a clever tabletop experiment, researchers at Leiden University in the ...

Mike Adamick is a stay-at-home dad who writes for the Adventures in Learning science blog at PBS.org, the San Francisco Chronicle, KQED Radio, Disney's parenting website, Babble, and the Daddy Issues ...

As the holidays approach many families are gathering around the kitchen for the preparation of the family feast. This is a perfect time and opportunity to do some “kitchen science” with everyone. Rick ...

Trying out a simple kitchen experiment to make a kombucha scoby at home using black tea. Wish me luck!

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Saverio Eric Spagnolie, University of Wisconsin-Madison (THE CONVERSATION) Scientific ...