Kitchen Science

Elephant’s Toothpaste: The Chemical Genie

Inside every bottle of hydrogen peroxide, something is trying to escape. Normally it takes weeks. A tiny packet of dry yeast is about to make it happen in seconds — and you will not be able to stop it.

Five Skittles arranged in a circle. A careful pour of water. Most people predict the colours will blend into a muddy mess in the middle. Place your bet before you pour — because most people are wrong.

A burst of fire shoots out of the peel!

But wait… Why would fruit… be flammable?

There is a secret ingredient hiding in your kitchen right now. You eat it every day. You cannot see it, smell it, or taste it. But one brown drop will expose it instantly.

Water flows downhill. Everyone knows that. So when you dip a paper towel into a glass of coloured water and watch it start climbing upward through the fibres — against gravity

Drop some colour into milk…
Now touch it with a cotton bud…BOOM.

One orange. One balloon. Something hidden inside the peel. Apply it drop by drop — and watch what happens.

Drop food colouring into a glass of water and it sinks straight to the bottom. Add oil first — and something completely different happens.

A running tap. A ping pong ball. No string, no glue, no magnets. Can water actually pull something toward it?

One toothpick. One pinch of salt. Twenty seconds. Can you lift an ice cube without touching it?