Here’s an exercise for you: type “crystals” into your favorite search engine and see what you get. If you’re anything like us, you’ll get a bunch of pseudoscientific p… ...

A Step-by-Step Guide to Growing Heart-Shaped Borax Crystals. Gather your kids around the table for this fun exploration into ...

Try growing crystals using Epsom salt (magnesium sulfate) - it forms larger, more dramatic crystals than table salt due to its different molecular structure, but remember these aren't edible ...

You can make “salt stalactites” at home by growing salt crystals on a string. In this experiment, ... Lots of spectacular crystals grow in this way, including garnet, kyanite and staurolite.

Making semiconductor crystals or materials often requires high temperatures, which can be dangerous. Most of the equipment on the ISS is tailored for biology experiments that run at cooler, safer ...

Astronauts perform so many out-of-this-world experiments on the International Space Station (ISS). ... and grow crystals that help make new medicines.