When one dad accidentally drank from a lava lamp instead of a glass of water, it triggered one of the strangest and most dangerous medical emergencies ever recorded. Within hours, he began suffering ...

The lava lamp glooped its way into pop culture history with its ascending and descending blobs of wax. Although some lava lamp science is known, there are still a few mysteries that only its makers ...

A new desk lamp is taking over from the lava lamp -- by replacing the boring old wax lava with interactive magnetic fluid. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as ...

Question: What fluids are inside lava lamps? _ Ken Robbins, St. Petersburg Answer: The actual fluids inside lava lamps are a "closely guarded secret," according to a spokeswoman for Lava-Simplex ...

• British inventor Edward Craven Walker created the “Astro” Lamp which he presented at a trade show in Brussels in 1965 which caught the eye of entrepreneur Adolph Wertheimer. He and his partner ...

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The lava lamp celebrates its 50th birthday Tuesday, and though it’s more kitsch than classic design, the piece remains just as memorable as mid-century furnishings from Eames, Noguchi and Saarinen.

Since it tends to be associated with the shaga- delic 1970s, it is hard to believe the lava lamp is celebrating its 40th birthday. But although it seems somewhat younger, the ultimate retro “light ...

LONG BEACH – Nearly 50 firefighters on Wednesday night responded to a two-alarm fire that erupted from the rear of a specialty lava lamp warehouse. The blaze was reported at 7:49 p.m., from a ...