From packing peanuts to disposable coffee cups, each year the uS alone produces some two billion pounds of Styrofoam -- none of which can be recycled. Frustrated by this waste of resources and landfill space, Ashton Cofer and his science...

Tabby's star is at it again. Could it be aliens this time!? Also, astronomers have discovered a planet with the density of styrofoam!

Astronomers might have finally discovered part of why Tabby's Star acts so strangely and we have some new ideas about what triggers a type Ia supernova.

You are made of polymers, and so are trees and telephones and toys. A polymer is a long chain of identical molecules (or monomers) with a range of useful properties, like toughness or stretchiness -- and it turns out, we just can't live...

In this video Paul Andersen explains how density measures the compactness of a material. You can calculate the density of a material by measuring the mass and dividing this by the volume. Water displacement is an effective way to...

Howcast - Learn how to make a head for your puppet from Joe Vena of the Children's Museum of the Arts in this stop motion animation tutorial from Howcast.

Howcast - Learn how to make a wire puppet from Joe Vena of the Children's Museum of the Arts in this stop motion animation tutorial from Howcast.

You can make a fun and educational balloon-powered vehicle for a school science project, or make a bunch of cars for races at a birthday party.

I know a lot of you have been asking for more rocket knife and giant mousetrap so this was the perfect time to try some new stuff. The Rocket knife was giving me problems though, I couldn't get the track aligned 100% and the rockets kept...

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I highly recommend looking for a HWI distribution center near you. They sell to individuals, and because they...

Researchers led by scientists at Stanford University in U.S. and Beihang University in China have found that the mealworm can safely biodegrade various types of plastic, Stanford News reported. Americans discard about 33 million tonnes...

Mixed Media Nature Prints Art Lesson

Styrofoam Cup Sculpture Challenge

Not everybody has the equipment to melt aluminum, but pewters low melting point makes metal-casting available to everybody! Its melting point is so low, you can melt it in your kitchen.



Pewter is mostly tin, with a little...

As the weather gets colder and dryer, you are more likely to get shocked when getting out of a car, touching a door knob, or doing laundry. Is there a way to prevent getting shocked on the car door?

It's 4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About. In this science video: body surfing bees, unsinkable metal, faster space forecaster, and gutsy mealworms purge plastic - It's 4 Awesome Discoveries...

Environment ministers from G7 nations have started gathering for a two-day meeting in Halifax.

This summer, the Calgary Eyeopener is showcasing local curiosities people want to talk about — think show and tell from elementary school. Larry Albrecht has a treasured item that his family has been 'bacon' him to get rid of for years....

Researchers at a new University of Northern British Columbia lab are hoping to develop a compostable alternative to styrofoam packaging. As Hanna Petersen reports, the team is looking to take the product to the market.

The emptying of a tank containing carcinogenic benzene at the Ineos Styrolution plant in Sarnia, Ont., has prompted a voluntary evacuation order in Aamjiwnaang First Nation.

Sue Ennis, VP of Corporate Development and Investor Relations at Hut 8 Mining, speaks to Bloomberg's Kailey Leinz on Bitcoin's function as an inflationary hedge and correlation between bitcoin and stocks.