Catherine Smith had been waiting for a show like Apple TV+’s “Lessons in Chemistry” to come along. “I’ve always wanted to do a period show, and it was set in California,” the… Catherine Smith had been ...

Macarons are a sophisticated, colorful dessert. We visit Kitchen Chemistry in Stroudsburg, where Lisa Deemer teaches the basics of making macarons. Beat until glossy white and stiff. Fold 1/3 of the ...

Standing at the head of a classroom, Matthew R. Hartings holds up a can of evaporated milk and gives it a shake. “Adding evaporated milk is an easy way to stabilize a lot of cream-type sauces,” he ...

For professor of chemistry and physics Richard Zare, the goal for CHEM 29N: Chemistry in the Kitchen is not to make students into great cooks or chemistry majors. Instead, he hopes students “take this ...

One of my fondest childhood memories was of visiting the Tid-Bit in Martins Ferry, Ohio and buying out their old collection of chemistry set chemicals for 60 cents each. I bought the fun stuff like ...

The kit recently took first place in a contest that aims to put the fun and inspiration back into learning science. Chemistry sets today aren’t what they once were. With the old ones, you could mix ...