Weren't things better back in the good old days when children were free to create gunpowder and be let loose with uranium dust? In the 50s and 60s chemistry sets offered lists of instructions about ...

They are experiments that would never be allowed to take place today due to health and safety restrictions, but back in the 1960s children were actively encouraged to dip their hands in boiling water, ...

A nuclear engineer reacts to a dangerously creative experiment: Hydrochloric acid lemonade. Watch as we analyze the science, ...

In this video, we dive into the Tesla Coil Syringe experiment, explaining the science behind it and the potential dangers involved. We break down how the high-voltage electricity interacts with the ...

According to virologist Christian Drosten, some of the projects undertaken at the Wuhan institute were dangerous and even when “they really didn't have to be.” However, he still finds it unlikely the ...

Children are pictured doing dangerous science experiments in a series of Ladybird book illustrations on display to mark the brand's centenary that would never get past today's health and safety ...

Playing with fire is considered dangerous, especially aboard a laboratory orbiting 250 miles over Earth. However, NASA International Space Station astronauts have now deliberately started a series of ...