Science

Soupy study: Minestrone could be a secret weapon against malaria
It all started when a London primary school asked children to bring in a plastic tube containing approximately one tablespoon of homemade soup — the go-to soup recipes their families use when someone gets sick.
Fizz-ics: University of Minnesota students aim to reclaim title in Alka-Rocket Challenge
You don’t need to understand chemistry to know that if you add Alka-Seltzer to water, the water fizzes. If you bottle up the pressure from that chemical reaction over and over and release it all at once you could — say — launch a small rocket. That's exactly what a team of Minnesota students will do later this week.