Download the experiment instructions HERE! Let’s learn about the properties of liquids and solids: Solids are not compressible, they’re rigid, they don’t flow, and their particles are packed close ...

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Explore 25 science experiments that defied the laws of physics, revealing mind-bending phenomena that challenge intuition.

In science class we experimented with fire. Our teacher, Ms. Maria Santodonato, gave us six substances to test. We had to see if they turned into a solid, liquid or gas when we put them over a flame.

It’s been frigid outside, but Paige and Adam Jacobson decided to make it even colder in their “lab.” The Science Siblings experimented with liquid nitrogen. They explained that liquid nitrogen is ...

Water compressed by atmospheric pressure millions of times stronger than on Earth doesn’t behave like the H20 we all know. At extreme conditions found deep inside ice giant planets, scientists have ...

A liquid marble is an otherworldly combination of liquid and solid. Shaped like a solid marble but with many properties of a liquid, these strange objects were introduced in a 2001 Nature article and ...

Dash a few drops of water onto a very hot, sizzling skillet and they’ll levitate, sliding around the pan with wild abandon. Physicists at Virginia Tech have discovered that this can also be achieved ...