The idea of using nanobots to treat diseases has been around for years, though it has yet to be realized in any significant manner. Inspired by Purcell’s Scallop theorem, scientists from the Max ...

When the world's expert on pygmy mammoths asks you a question about ketchup, you have to find the answer. The context was the article I wrote last week about non-Newtonian fluids, where researchers at ...

One of these is not like the others: honey, water, ketchup, and blood. The answer? Water, because the other three are all non-Newtonian fluid. When Isaac Newton first defined the properties of an ...

It wasn’t hard to get the subjects’ permission for the experiment. That’s because they were dead. Scientists at the British company D30 (pronounced D-three-oh) wrapped the fingers of cadavers in their ...

A viral video shows people in Kuala Lumper, Malaysia, walking across the liquid below. They also danced on it: Flipped onto it: Played soccer on it: And rode a bike across it: Sort of. A substance ...

Create a fascinating substance named after Dr. Seuss's story "Bartholomew and the Oobleck"! This strange material acts like a liquid when handled gently but becomes solid when force is applied. It's a ...

In the video seen above, a liquid seems to transform into a solid when punched. Strange as it seems, such fluids are to be found in our everyday life as well. Known as non-Newtonian fluids, these ...

There are many good media-producing subsubsubcultures on the Internet. For example, there are people who make slow-motion videos and and there are the people who use the f-word to describe their love ...

The harder they’re hit, the stronger they are. They stop bullets and let people walk on custard. They’re non-newtonian fluids. Here’s a tip for obsessive lovers, smothering parents, and over-friendly ...