Corrected: This story misidentifies the alternative name for methanol. The liquid is also called methyl alcohol. The lab demonstration was going smoothly, as it had earlier in the day, until methyl ...

This series was created for UL Research Institutes by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. The first planes often crashed. The first boilers ...

The latest exhibition at Exposition Park’s California Science Center is hot stuff. Literally. But it will have kids seeking out cool solutions to the risk of fires in their own homes. “Fire! Science & ...

Chemists use many strategies so their experiments are as safe as possible. They think about what they can do to keep themselves and the people around them safe and then they do these things. You ...

This series was created for UL Research Institutes by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. “When more people make a breakthrough discovery or ...

The science of safety explains the way one experiences the world. Through this lens, our perceived level of safety profoundly impacts our health and happiness. The basic idea comes from the polyvagal ...