From magnetic levitation tricks to fun pom-pom shooters, “Seeking A Scientist” podcast host Kate Biberdorf, known as Kate the ...

A medicinal or pharmaceutical chemist researches and creates chemical compounds for use as drugs. By applying chemical research techniques to isolate natural healing agents or develop artificial ones, ...

Food chemists focus on the chemistry of foods, their deterioration, and the principles underlying the improvement of foods for consumers. Few people recognize the science behind the food they consume.

Exhibit of an advertisement for the then new and creative toy, Silly Putty, circa 1951, at the Fort Bend Museum, Richmond, ...

New research suggests “microlightning” exchanges among water droplets in Earth’s early atmosphere may have sparked the ...

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In 1942, Sigmund Rascher and others conducted high-altitude experiments on prisoners at Dachau. Eager to find out how best to save German pilots forced to eject at high altitude, they placed ...

The Manson Murders" speculates that Charles Manson was linked to the CIA MKUltra program. Find out what it is.