Bunsen the Berner and a retriever named BEAKER are the not-so-secret ingredients behind a social media science experiment that has gotten a lot of tails ... er, tongues ... wagging. It all started ...

A chemistry hobbyist, Piscataway High School senior Arya Patel often performs experiments for fun—like this colorful one. Arya crafted a “majestic sea of copper” by carefully adding ammonia solution ...