Art? of the week

Some people claim that Jesus walked on water. Another lie propagated by them silly religious folk. What he actually did was mix corn starch and water to make oobleck, a non-newtonian fluid. Duh... Wikipedia describes non-newtonian fluid as a fluid in which the viscosity changes with the applied stress rate. In other words, when you apply rapid stress, the fluid acts more like a solid. When you apply gradual stress, it acts more like a liquid.

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Neat stuff huh? If you want to see how it's done, and get some cool ideas for a science project to do with the kiddies, check this video out.



Nick