sand
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I Don’t Mean To Alarm You All, But One Of Saturn’s Moons Could Have Electric Sand
Titan is a weird one. It’s a moon but behaves more like a planet. It has methane seas and ice volcanoes. But it also might have electric sand. Electric. Sand.
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This Video Of The Coast Makes The Edge Of The World Look Even More Beautiful
Video: There is peace when your feet sink into the sand and your ears hear the waves and your nose smells the salt. It’s a beautiful feeling, standing on a beach and looking out into the ocean and imagining the edge of the world. But it might be even more beautiful to see the water…
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Specially-Developed Plastic Runners Let This Sled Slide On Sand
It might not provide the same technical challenge as skiing or snowboarding, but it’s hard to argue that sledding isn’t one of the best ways to take advantage of the winter. But what about those other snow-free seasons? Wouldn’t it be fun to sled all year round? Of course it would, so Germany’s KHW has…
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These Sand Castles Are Actually Castles Carved On Grains Of Sand
Anyone can build a castle with sand, but can you build a castle on sand? Artist and photographer Vik Muniz collaborated with MIT researcher Marcelo Coelho to engrave a castle onto a single granule of sand.