If you're looking to have some cheap DIY fun with the kids (or, you know, the other adults), this YouTube video on how to create your own Silly Putty looks like a winner. All it takes is 2 tablespoons ...

Scientists in Ireland are using a rather unexpected material to make an extremely sensitive pressure detector: Silly Putty. The Irish researchers combined the kids' plaything with a special form of ...

Here’s the word of the day: viscoelastic. It is a substance that seems solid but slowly drips into a puddle over time. The same substance if pulled quickly snaps and breaks. As part of continuing ...

The schematic on the right shows the silicon common plate suspended above two gold capacitor pads deposited on a Pyrex substrate (the contacts and leads to the two pads are gold-colored in the image ...

On April 8, Caitlyn Matherne, Southeastern Louisiana University biochemistry student, visited Independence Leadership Academy students. The Chem Demo, provided by Benjamin Wicker and the SLU chemistry ...

ANN ARBOR—The sponginess of the environment where human embryonic stem cells are growing affects the type of specialized cells they eventually become, a University of Michigan study shows. The ...

This article was taken from the August 2013 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands ...