Quicksand is a colloid hydrogel consisting of fine granular matter (such as sand or silt), clay, and salt water. In the name, as in that of quicksilver (mercury), "quick" does not ...

Countless movies and television shows depict quicksand as some kind of living creature that sucks its victims down into a bottomless pit, never to be heard from again. Well, you ...

noun . a bed of soft or loose sand saturated with water and having considerable depth, yielding under weight and therefore tending to suck down any object resting on its surface.

Quicksand was a post-hardcore band from New York City and, retrospectively, one of the most influential rock acts of that era, and was led by former Gorilla Biscuits guitarist ...

Falling into quicksand isn't quite as bad as some movies make it out to be. Instead of being sucked all the way in, quicksand victims will float once they get about waist deep ...

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Why is quicksand easy to sink into but hard to escape from? A new study digs up some answers. ... If stumbling into quicksand ranks on your list of worries, don't panic. You won't ...

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quick·sand   (kw k s nd) n. 1. A bed of loose sand mixed with water forming a soft shifting mass that yields easily to pressure and tends to engulf any object resting on its ...