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Buenos Aires: School science fair volcano experiment goes horribly wrong, injuring 17 A volcano model - packed with powdered sulfur, charcoal, and what investigators called a “special salt” that ...

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Two dozen people fell silent before a muffled blast sent a geyser-like shower of crushed gravel, limestone and asphalt roughly 50 feet in the air. Moments later, standing at the blast site, UB geology ...

You need a volcano made of plaster or a mound of dirt, a small container that goes into the volcano (you can use a baby food jar), red and yellow coloring, vinegar, baking soda, and dish soap. To ...

In spring 2010 Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupted beneath an ice cap, mixing hot lava with a flood of meltwater, which blasted a plume of gas and ash over 10 kilometers into the sky. Hundreds ...

Students will experiment with three different liquids to determine the relative viscosity and flow rate of each liquid. Mount Nyiragongo is a volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 18 ...

An experiment on the side of an extinct volcano in Mexico involving gamma rays is helping scientists answer a fundamental question in physics: Is the speed of light the same throughout the universe?