8 Awesome Science Experiments For Real, Proper Grown Ups

8. Magic Mud

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLbDYIZ0o1HPJScdEdZ-39n6Am4HyJnmve&t=11&v=_0J4dRqg7CE

This unearthly, glowing goo is not only super fun to play with, but also enables you to teach people about science the next time you're at a rave.

The Magic Mud (XXL) is what is known as a non-Newtonian fluid and has some crazy properties. When you agitate it, the mud will behave like a solid dough, but the moment you stop moving it, the dough will transform into a gloopy liquid goo.

The awesome glow effect is produced by using tonic water in your mud mixture. The magic ingredient here is the quinine in the tonic water - it is the substance that gives it its bitter flavour and was originally added to help protect the British from Malaria whilst they were cruising about the planet, stealing countries and that.

When quinine is exposed to ultraviolet light, the shape of the molecule means that it absorbs the invisible UV light and emits a visible blue light, causing it to fluoresce.