This Science Week, Dr Karl encourages parents and children to see ‘the beauty of doing physical experiments right at home’ Children and adults alike may be stuck at home during Science Week this year, ...

Looking for a science project to do with kids? These experiments go beyond the trivial and incorporate real-world scientific research. Around the world, millions of kids are headed back to school in a ...

In the coming weeks, thousands of parents and kids will be spending more time at home as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you ...

KIDS have lived through the pandemic for the best part of two years now - but many of them, and particularly the younger ones, don't really understand how viruses spread, exactly why handwashing is so ...

Citizen Science Salon is a partnership between Discover and SciStarter.org. Citizen science happens when people like you make hypotheses, gather data and share their findings with researchers. As a ...

My parents didn't teach me anything about science. There were no doctors or engineers in my family, I never visited a science museum, looked through a telescope or played with dinosaur toys. I didn't ...

Learn how to create a homemade oil lava lamp using simple household ingredients in this easy DIY science experiment. This fun ...

Plus a great coat to transition through the seasons with IT’S Science Week, so time to experiment with your kids to help them learn. There are plenty of easy at-home activities to try. Please provide ...

What looks like magic is often just a rule of physics or chemistry doing its job. Invisible ink turning brown, colours swirling on milk, water climbing uphill — it all feels like sorcery until you ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...