Week in Geek, weird nature edition

This video might look fake, but it's only exploiting capillary action and magnetism. Watch it first, then read on.

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FOR SUBSCRIBERSAmerican passenger drafted goodbye texts to her family as Flydubai plane plummeted

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCornell rape allegation pushes embattled New York prosecutor into national spotlight

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAbdul El-Sayed tries to woo MAHA voters as Democrats seek inroads with RFK’s supporters

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FOR SUBSCRIBERSFrom clean energy warrior to ‘wall of shame,’ James Talarico reverses on a fossil fuel money pledge

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FOR SUBSCRIBERSA harrowing ordeal aboard an Israel-bound plane

FOR SUBSCRIBERSOpenAI CEO Sam Altman to skip congressional hearing on rogue AI agents

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FOR SUBSCRIBERSThis Paralympian has two goals: Win medals and give away $500,000 to her teammates

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The big black ball at the center is a magnet and the black fluid is just a ferrofluid, i.e., a liquid that becomes magnetized in the presence of a magnetic field. More specifically, the liquid itself is made up of magnetic nanoparticles suspended in a solution. The action in the video comes from the ferrofluid being added to the bubbles away from the central magnet which then draws the fluid towards it through capillary action where the bubbles intersect. The orange color is just normal dye adding to the fun, because why let black have all the fun?

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Geek you later. @Summer_Ash