In the 16th century, Leonardo da Vinci first described a fascinating phenomenon involving water that later became known as the hydraulic jump. And a mere five centuries later, scientists have finally ...

Using a few materials from around the house, you can prove water and oil do not mix. Materials STEP 1: Fill the plastic bottle three quarters of the way with vegetable oil. STEP 2: Fill the plastic ...

Here is a "5-minute crafts" video clip of yellow and blue water, which appears to demonstrate that when you place one color on top, you get three layers of colors, whereas the other results in just ...

While theories and counter-theories flew, two Irish scientists, one of them a renowned physicist named John Joly and the other a young botanist named Henry Dixon, decided to test the strength of a ...