This experiment drops a 660-pound steel “Hulk fist” from 150 feet into a pool of oobleck. Oobleck is a non-Newtonian fluid that behaves like a liquid or a solid depending on the force applied. The ...

A 660 lb Hulk fist vs a giant pool of oobleck… what could go wrong? From 150 feet in the air, the fist picked up terrifying speed before slamming into the pool. Oobleck reacted in the craziest way — ...

If it's been a while since you've been to a fifth-grade science fair, then you probably don't know about oobleck. Oobleck, which was named after the magic substance in a famous Dr. Seuss book, is what ...

Lots of people have demonstrated that, surprisingly, if you fill a pool with water and cornstarch you can run across it. Stop, and you sink. How that happens, though, has been something of a mystery ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Want to have fun with physics and even "walk on water"? Try making a mixture of cornstarch and ...

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 ...