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They filled a pool with a mix of cornstarch and water made on a concrete mixer truck. It becomes a non-newtonian fluid. When stress is applied to the liquid it exhibits properties of a solid.
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Non_Newtoni an_fluid
Recorded at Barcelona, Spain.
TV Show: http://www.cuatro.co m/microsites/el_horm iguero/cientifico.ht ml
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In SoHo, New York there is a second-floor loft full of dirt. It's called the New York Earth Room, and is a Dia Foundation Project. The artist is Walter De Maria, and he installed it here in 1977. Bill Dilworth has cared for the Earth Room for 19 years.
Produced by Benjamen Walker and Andrea Silenzi for WNYC Culture
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