The set comes from John Farrell Kuhns, owner of the H.M.S. Beagle, a science-focused store in Parkville, Mo. He has more than 50 years as a chemist under his belt and a mission to bring science ...

Chemistry sets seem to have fallen out of favor in recent years, but there's a movement to bring them back---or at least recapture some of the unstructured experimentation the old sets encouraged.

The first chemistry sets for children included things as dangerous as uranium dust and sodium cyanide. Now they're safer and a bit less fun. ... Archaeologists unveil 3,500-year-old city in Peru. 4.