When one dad accidentally drank from a lava lamp instead of a glass of water, it triggered one of the strangest and most dangerous medical emergencies ever recorded. Within hours, he began suffering ...

Since it tends to be associated with the shaga- delic 1970s, it is hard to believe the lava lamp is celebrating its 40th birthday. But although it seems somewhat younger, the ultimate retro “light ...

It began with a British inventor watching bubbles rise inside a pub’s homemade timer - and ended with one of the most iconic ...

What is the best lava lamp? It seems that no matter how much culture changes, there’s always a demand for the retro, which is why the playful visuals of a lava lamp never seem to go out of style.

Sand and mud subducted off the coast of California around 75 million years ago returned to the Earth's crust by rising up through the mantle as enormous diapirs, like blobs in a lava lamp, new ...

UW Assistant Professor Jay Chapman teaches a winter-term field course in southern Arizona, during which students were able to investigate the Orocopia Schist in person. Chapman is the author of a new ...