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Dry Quicksand

Posted by michael on from the ROUS dept.

chessie writes "Just in time for the holidays, new and improved quicksand! The new dry quicksand is a physical curiousity, made with air and sand instead of water with porewater pressure overcoming the density of sand . It is possible to vanish into a pile of completely dry sand as well. Worse, their sand looks the same as the normal, weight-supporting variety. Obviously, the US Army wants in on it."

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  1. Favorite quote by David+Frankenstein · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Love the quote at the end...

    "The U.S. Army is very interested in this," he said, "because these days, the U.S. Army tends to go to desert states."