Usually you can't have Oobleck and explosions at school, but at Tarpon Springs High School's annual Math and Science Field Day on Thursday they were part of the lesson. The event, organized by ...

Scooping the substance fast will make the spoon bounce back, but a slower approach will allow you to scoop up the Oobleck. RELATED VIDEO: To stream 13OYS on your phone, you need the 13OYS app.

But oobleck would not work for fusion experiments. The substance gets thicker, or more viscous, when hit by an outside force — a phenomenon called shear thickening. So it “would freeze up when ...