A bonobo named Kanzi surprised scientists by successfully playing along in pretend tea party experiments, tracking imaginary juice and grapes as if they were real. He consistently pointed to the ...

Tanzania Sewell from Club SciKidz Greater Milwaukee shares two of her favorite foaming experiments.

Pythons are a common sight across much of Asia, especially in the tropical jungles and wetlands of countries like Vietnam, ...

By the time a human brain registers danger, a viper’s strike is already over. Here’s how these snakes can move faster than ...

Children love to play pretend, holding imaginary tea parties, educating classrooms of teddies or running their own grocery stores. Now, a new study suggests that such make-believe play is not a ...

Watch a simple but fascinating chemistry experiment using phenolphthalein and dry ice to demonstrate pH changes in real time. See how carbon dioxide forms acid in water and causes a dramatic color ...

The meaning is clear: “snake oil” is a label given to something – particularly medicine of some kind – that promises easy and effective results, but in fact provides no such thing. To sell snake oil, ...