The King of Random explains how to turn ordinary sand into glass with intense heat. Petrol stations run dry after oil ...

Glass artists Nadine Sterk and Lonny van Ryswyck want us to look down. To look at the sand under our feet and think about the people who have lived on it. The events of captivity and liberation on … ...

Learn the history behind beach glass and the best places to find it in Erie, along with tips to enhance your search.

Louisiana has two problems: an eroding coastline and limited glass recycling. Engineer Franziska Trautmann is solving both by ...

Glass forms when a liquid — usually molten sand — is quickly cooled. ... (950° Fahrenheit), suggesting that’s the temperature the brain tissue hit originally to turn to glass.

Beach glass is still smoothed by the tumbling in waves, rocks and sand and has a clearer appearance. Sea glass is conditioned by the ocean water which gives it a more frosted appearance due to the ...

Glass forms when a liquid, usually molten sand, is quickly cooled. In this case, ... "No other parts of the man's body are believed to have turned to glass," according to BBC News.