Some metal cations have distinctive colours when held in a blue Bunsen burner flame. A nichrome wire is used to hold the test solid – nichrome has no flame colour of its own and it has a high ...

It could have been as simple as a Bunsen burner mat in a science class.’ An otherwise fit and apparently healthy man, running the family’s busy transport company with his dad, Mark was ...

Pop star Katy Perry and journalist Gayle King are among six women who traveled aboard Blue Origin’s all-female, suborbital space tourism mission. • The company’s New Shepard rocket lifted ...

New Shepard doesn't just take celebrities on joy rides to the edge of space. Blue Origin regularly launches it with scientific payloads and other cargo on board from paying customers, including NASA.

“Blue Train,” I said, and the guard waved us through. Image Guests arriving for a trip on the Blue Train are welcomed in style at the Cape Town train station. The entire experience is meant to ...

Was the cosmic whirlpool a spiral galaxy, a UFO, or something much more down to Earth? Is it a plane? Is it a satellite? Is it a galaxy? Is it aliens? A strange blue spiral lit up the skies over ...

Lab safety rules dictate that one must tie back long hair. Rosemarie Hansen learned the hard way when an open flame turned her locks into a lesson. On the hunt for informative health and disease ...

OTTAWA, Ontario -- — Linus Ullmark made 30 saves for Ottawa's second straight shutout and the Senators moved to the brink of their first playoff appearance since 2017, beating the Columbus Blue ...

IN a communication from my zealous science-master, which I find in your issue of Thursday the 11th, it is stated that pure hydrogen has no tinge of blue in its flame (that colour being due to the ...

Nestled in the heart of East Java, Indonesia, the Kawah Ijen Crater is a marvel of nature that has intrigued scientists, ...