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It takes guts to attempt running across the surface of a liquid. Even more so if a sneaky physicist is nearby. Oobleck is a non-Newtonian fluid, meaning that its viscosity changes depending upon the ...

Oobleck - when is a liquid not always a liquid and a solid not always a solid? Oobleck - when is a liquid not always a liquid and a solid not always a solid? When its "Oobleck"! - the solution of ...

Oobleck has long been my favorite example of a non-Newtonian fluid, and I’m not alone. It’s a hugely popular “kitchen science” experiment because it’s simple and easy to make. Mix one part water to ...

This article was taken from the February 2014 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by ...

Matter is anything that takes up space, such as air, trees, bugs, even people. Typically, matter is categorized under three different categories: solids, liquids, and gases. Oobleck, which gets it's ...

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Scientists are keen to develop new materials for lightweight, flexible, and affordable wearable electronics so that, one day, dropping our smartphones won’t result in irreparable damage. One team at ...

Mayonnaise’s texture is perfect for mimicking what a fuel capsule goes through when it’s blasted with lasers to ignite nuclear fusion, Emily Conover reported in “Mayonnaise may shed light on nuclear ...

ver wondered what happens when you fill a human-sized hamster ball with Oobleck? I decided to take this experiment to the next level after trying water, Kool-Aid, and Diet Coke with Mentos in previous ...

Lockdown changed the world as we know it, and now it has changed the dictionary, with a batch of new words, definitions and phrases added to the official book thanks to the events of 2020. The Oxford ...

Lockdown changed the world as we know it, and now it has changed the dictionary, with a batch of new words, definitions and phrases added to the official book thanks to the events of 2020. The Oxford ...