Carbocation chemistry guru George A. Olah started a fire in the basement with his. DNA amplification pioneer Kary B. Mullis set off the contents of his with a dynamite fuse from the local hardware ...

The chemistry set is an icon in the toy world. It's ignited entire generations of aspiring scientists, and more than a few experiments gone awry, but it wasn't an instant classic. In its 100 years on ...

A Stanford researcher reinvents the chemistry set completely in the form of an inexpensive gizmo modeled after a hand-crank music box. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news ...

Any chemist worth her lab coat has a good story of singed eyebrows. “So my brother was two years younger, he was also a bit of a science nerd, and we read things in Boys’ Life and various magazines ...

The Newscripts gang admits to being a nostalgic bunch. We turn up the radio when 1980s synthpop is playing. We actively seek out showings of the 1940s flick “Casablanca.” And we long to play with the ...

Chemistry sets were the original hardware hacker’s cookbook, teaching kids about the modular nature of matter in ways that would be consistent with today’s homebrew projects and mashups. But safety ...

As a boy growing up in India, Manu Prakash once undertook a DIY pyrotechnics experiment that didn't quite go as planned. He managed to start a fire and burn his hand. "I had an extreme chemistry ...

If you would like to teach your children more about physics, chemistry and biology you may be interested in the Quantum STEM Set, designed to provide the ultimate chemistry set for your learning needs ...

The BenchMark Legacy Chemicals kit on Kickstarter lets kids unleash the awesome power of chemistry without watering down the experience. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news ...

We try not to share too many crowd funding projects, but when a tipster sent us to this Heirloom Chemistry Set we knew some would-be chemistry hackers might just want to see it! [John Farrell Kuhns] ...

We try not to share too many crowd funding projects, but when a tipster sent us to this Heirloom Chemistry Set we knew some would-be chemistry hackers might just want to see it! [John Farrell Kuhns] ...