August 13th, 2018 Between weekly swim lessons, ballet classes, misplaced food and the occasional lice infestation, my kids’ hair has taken a fair amount of abuse in the last few years.
April 29th, 2018 My five-year-old is quite confident that it’s better to when waste goes in the blue bin, instead of the black.
March 27th, 2018 The average piece of milk chocolate is 60 percent sugar by weight.
March 11th, 2018 The average piece of chewing gum is tasty for less than six minutes.
February 26th, 2018 “Daddy, why do batteries rot?” While my third-grader is planning to use potatoes and lemons in an upcoming science fair project, I don’t think my five-year-old was thinking of produce when he asked this question.
February 1st, 2018 You’ve probably never tried it at home, but distilling zinc isn’t easy.
January 31st, 2018 Scientists from the University of Wisconsin are reporting progress on getting more sugar into soda bottles.
January 7th, 2018 When you’re in the art museum, seeing that a painting is made in “oil” or “mixed media” sometimes feels more like a formality rather than useful information.
November 1st, 2017 In 1972, Beecham Laboratories made a significant advancement in medicine that has improved the lives of millions of children around the world.
October 11th, 2017 My neighborhood, while thankfully a safe distance from being actually immolated in the fires spread across northern California, is starting to look a little scary.