The dismal results of the UK's Big Compost Experiment reveal that most so-called compostable plastics do not break down in backyard compost bins. Composting is a bit like alchemy. You put food scraps ...

Discover the fascinating process of growing vibrant crystals from potassium ferricyanide, copper sulfate, and potassium alum ...

Experiment #1 – Is it an acid, base or neither? The pH scale (which ranges from 0 to 14) gives us the ability to understand how acidic (pH lower than 7) or basic (pH higher than 7) an item is. We can ...