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Falling through a thixotropic ocean -- what would happen?

Drop a heavy incompressible object into water and it would splash and then presumably reach a certain terminal velocity where acceleration is nill. If you dropped a heavy incompressible object into a ...
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Non-Newtonian Fluid Stop a Bullet?

I just saw a YouTube video about Non-Newtonian fluids where people could actually walk on the surface of the fluid but if they stood still, they'd sink. Cool stuff. Now, I'm wondering: Could a pool ...
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