Chemical Reactions

Ensure the science-obsessed person in your life nerds out with a creative chemistry-inspired gift. Our collection of the periodic table finds will certainly be a hit.

The science of gift-giving is simple when you're buying for chemistry lovers, just keep the periodic table in mind. To assist, we've assembled our favorites items.

Scientists may finally understand the mysterious transition behind a century-old chemistry experiment involving metals.

A classic chemistry demonstration gets supersized in a recent Twitter video.

A GIF shows kids playing inside a huge tower of bubbles.

A way-cool clip posted on Reddit shows the strange phenomenon of a "snap freeze."

A weird GIF highlights the magic of ferrofluids.

Why does this drop of liquid look like a spinning galaxy? It's complicated.

A glass tube filled with lightning sparked plenty of attention after it was posted on Reddit this month. Here's the science behind the trick.

Steel wool is absolutely magnificent when lit on fire, as Reddit user ChazDodge showed in a recent video that makes the wiry, burning puff look like the death of the planet Krypton.