Repurposing the lights commonly found in TV remotes for invisible channel switching could improve pioneering new experiments to encourage rainfall. A new application for light-emitting diodes (LED) ...
While the cold weather may deter many from going outside, others like to take advantage of the freezing temperatures and test out different science experiments. From blowing frozen bubbles to throwing ...
When extreme cold hits, social media becomes flooded with pictures and videos of people tossing boiling water into the air, creating beautiful arcs of condensation. But there are also plenty of posts ...
GOBLES, Mich. — Seeing a rainbow in the sky is always a stunning sight! But, have you ever tried to grow your own rainbow at home? In this week's weather kids experiment, Haleigh Vaughn creates a ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — When we stopped by Plainfield Child Care in Grand Rapids, we discovered some very young kids that we were eager to learn. That said, we had to keep things simple for the age ...
In this month’s Weather Experiment Wednesday, Director of Education Chip Lindsey at Discovery Lab demonstrates for us a fire tornado made in a contained space. This is not something that should be ...
In this month’s Weather Experiment Wednesday, Discovery Lab Senior Education Manager Micah Firestone showed us how to harness UV light to create images on special paper. This cyanotide activity ...
It is cold and you can't feel your face and things seem pretty miserable right now. But hey, let's turn that frown upside down because it's time to do SCIENCE. We tried out some easy cold-weather ...
Each winter, spring, and summer, extreme weather forecasters and researchers meet to test the latest, most promising severe weather forecast tools and innovations to see how they perform in real-world ...
EVANSTON, Ill. — It was minus 15 degrees here on Wednesday afternoon, near the epicenter of the polar vortex, and school had been canceled for much of the week. “How are we going to survive?” one ...
FARGO - Many handle this cold weather by staying inside or escaping to a warmer climate. But animals who live in the Arctic don't have that option, instead they have blubber. This is an experiment to ...
It sounds like the plot of a science fiction movie – state agencies attempting to modify the weather. Still, HB 128, a bill that requires public notice before a state agency attempts to modify the ...