The basis for two popular educational toys is something you can find in great abundance on the beach. But magic sand and kinetic sand have a little extra chemical kick that makes them act quite unlike ...

Star sand is both a beautiful sight and a scientific marvel. Each grain once housed a tiny single-celled organism. Found most frequently on the Taketomi, Hatoma, and Iriomote islands of Japan, star ...

If stomping your way across the desert on a giant, leggy, weaponized platform with a few of your best friends sounds like a good time, have I got a game for you. Especially if along the way you want ...

Being in a bunker is no fun. But being in a bunker when you’re unable to adapt to the conditions of the sand? That’s even worse. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve entered a greenside bunker and ...

There’s more to beach sand than meets the eye. It has stories to tell about the land, and an epic journey to the sea. That’s because mountains end their lives as sand on beaches. If you're enjoying ...

While millions of Americans vacation on beaches every year to seek out sun, sand and the sea, many might not realize how dangerous digging holes in the sand can be. In February 2024, a 7-year-old girl ...

Tyla traded water for sand at the 2024 Met Gala. For her inaugural Met, the singer turned to Balmain to help her bring her fantastical look to life. Latching onto time as the operative word from the ...

Game adaptations are a tricky business. In trying to capture the spirit of a comic, show, or movie while also abiding by the conventions often demanded of a video game, something is likely to get lost ...

The next time you are on vacation, enjoying the views and digging your toes into the soft, white sand, ask yourself a question. Is this beach stolen? It could be. We may think sand is abundant.

One of astronomy’s lovelier aphorisms, popularized by astronomer Carl Sagan, is that there are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on all the beaches on Earth. That’s hard to grasp, which ...

Katie Aldworth grabs an empty wine bottle, puts it into a glass crusher, and then walks through her Maryland pottery studio with the end product: glass sand. After measuring out 275 grams, she pours ...