Using a little science you can push a straw through a raw potato. Here's another experiment that might get you and your family "Hooked on Science." Ingredients n Plastic straw n Raw potato n ...

Most kids do not need much motivation to tear into a bag of chips. So why not come up with a way to take that natural tendency and use it to expand a child's mind more than his or her waistline?

The potato is a versatile vegetable—baked, roasted, fried, mashed—it can bring something to just about any menu. But, how exactly do these tasty tubers end up on our tables? We’ll give you a crash ...

I was as surprised as anyone to find myself on a Saturday afternoon this fall doing a mashed potato science experiment. The journey started just before Thanksgiving last year, when my sister and I ...

The H1N1 flu, or swine flu, continues to cause illness, hospitalizations and deaths worldwide. The virus was first detected in humans in the United States in April. Since then, the virus continues to ...

UB biologists are serving as consultants on the ultimate middle school science project: farming potatoes aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The experiment is the brainchild of Gabriella ...

This article was originally featured on Undark. In a field near the Dutch village of Angeren, a biotechnology company named Solynta grows potatoes in square plots, about 16 by 13 feet each. One ...