Food Experiments

Psychedelic Milk

Make beautiful moving psychedelic patterns in a bowl of milk with just some food colouring and washing up liquid.

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Crystals on a piece of wool

Make some strange crystals on a piece of string with things you would find at home.

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How you could drink your own urine safely?

If you were trapped on a desert island with nothing to drink what would you do? We show you how to purify various unappetising liquids...

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Fizzy Yeast

Find out what makes bread rise and champagne fizzy in this simple kitchen science.

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Balloons on a Tube

Find out why it is so hard to start blowing up a balloon and what it has to do with bubble bath.

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Lemon-Powered iPod

There have been various spoof films showing how to charge your ipod using fruit and vegetables. But is it actually possible? Find this out along with how a battery works.

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Which is Diet?

If you are ever in a foreign country and don't know which can of drink is the sugary one, here is a way to find out.

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Butter Side Down

Are you the sort of person who finds that whenever you knock some toast off the table it ends up butter side down. Find out if the toast gods are unhappy with you, or if there is something more scientific going on.

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Why Does Bubble Bath Change Colour

We were asked why it is that Mr Matey bubble bath changes colour when you mix it with water. We did an experiment to find out, and you could find out too!

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Floating a Needle

Float steel on water with nothing more sophisticated than a piece of toilet paper.

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Raising Raisins

Why do raisins always rise to the top of a box of muesli?

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Coke Can Eruption

Does tapping the top of a can keep you safe from a fizz eruption?

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Magnetic Cereal

Find out about one of the things that make up your breakfast cereal using a magnet.

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Jamming Rice

Find out how to pick up a jar of rice without touching the jar, and what it has to do with holes in the road.

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Red Cabbage Litmus

Make some cabbage juice and find out it's unexpectedly colourful properties.

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