Science FTW

Ever seen liquid dance? Or walked on water (sort of)? Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of non-Newtonian fluids! Forget boring old water; these liquids defy Newton by seizing up and turning solid when you push on them. Our favorite? A giant batch of cornstarch and water, of course! We learned the hard way …

Isabel is off to the races

Hoverboard

Plywood + kids at Makerspace Charlotte = hoverboard mayhem? Sounds wild, right? But seriously, in less than an hour, they were gliding! No brakes, no steering, just pure leaf-blower-powered speed across the warehouse floor! What could go wrong with power tools and kids? Apparently, nothing too serious, because we had an absolute blast (and no …

This one time when I had a loose tooth…

The Great Tooth Heist (Almost) Okay, so before we even launched the rocket, my tooth was already bleeding a little. Why? Because my idiot brother, Josh, decided to “help” and accidentally stepped on the dental floss that was tied to my tooth while Dad was still setting up. Seriously, one minute everything’s fine, the next …