Chemical Reactions

A meteorite found nestled in a horseshoe imprint in England was formed in the early days of the solar system and may contain the building blocks of life.

This Friday (July 9), we will explore the chemistry of milk plastic, (or casein plastic) in our new kids video series: Summer School with Live Science.

Live Science will explore the critical field of engineering in our new kids video series: Summer School with Live Science.

Live Science will explore the eruptive realm of acid-base chemistry in our new kids video series: Summer School with Live Science.

Scientists have discovered a new type of uranium that is the lightest ever known.

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.

Here's how one YouTube user literally dissolved a calculator, creating a surreal and hypnotic video of the cool chemistry.

The video is an "exploration of visual art under a microscope."

This 4th of July let’s enjoy the spectacular displays inside us, too.

For more than 100 years, scientists have “peered” at atoms in a crystal by analysing the way they scatter X-rays.