More than a case of chemical attraction

The Beijing Science Festival is helping draw more Chinese kids to the wonderful world of science, Wang Ru reports.

At the magic moment when Paul Taylor squeezed out a little jelly into a plastic bucket full of "mysterious" matter, a flaming blaze erupted, lighting up the white pavilion and a human skeleton model beside him.

A group of excited elementary school students around him burst into a scream, shattering the quiet of a rainy Beijing afternoon.