Robert Bruce Thompson, author of Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments, has assembled a chemistry set to sell to amateur chemistry buffs and homeschoolers. Because chemistry is widely ...

At a time when most kids are pestering their parents for video games and other high-tech toys, it's easy to be nostalgic for the glory days of the chemistry set. So C&EN assembled a group of grown-ups ...

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 ...

Chemistry sets used to be awesome. Today, a lot of them suck. But the kit pictured here (which, with 49 days left in its campaign, has already been successfully funded on Kickstarter) comes fully ...

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 ...

We often think of chemistry as precision work that requires beakers, droppers, scales, centrifuges, and Bunsen burners. But what if you could just crank this $5 music box chemistry kit and create ...

Sure, getting a gift for the kids in your life isn't rocket science... but that doesn't mean those gifts can't inspire some future rocket scientists. A science kit for kids to introduce them to ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. Fortunately, Amazon has just the thing: National Geographic’s ...