I always liked a little silly putty when I was younger, but now there’s a new blob on the block. The next generation of silly putty, now called ‘Magnetic Thinking Putty,’ has millions of tiny ...

The disgusting-looking blob of rubbery coal you see depicted here is, in fact, a malleable magnet. This makes for all sorts of weird japery: it can attract and repel other magnets differentially, ...

The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content. Remember the Silly Putty of yore? So stretchy and bouncy (and also quite capable of reproducing ...

Think Silly Putty is just fun and games? Not always! Just watch this magnetic putty completely devour a rare-earth magnet. It’s not as instantaneous as this time-lapse video makes it seem but it still ...