Stressed out by hot-button issues? Politicized science? Chemistry Lessons From Hell? Relax. Here are some quirky chemistry tricks that require little brain power. I've even explained how they work.

The annual Colorado State University Chemistry Club Halloween Show brought back a fun day of spooky science demonstrations and trick-or-treating for people of all ages at CSU’s Chemistry Building Oct.

Every food has a pH: a measure of its acidity or alkalinity on a scale from zero (very acidic) to 14 (very alkaline). Shifting that balance by raising or lowering the pH can change the way ingredients ...