Getty Quicksand is not like it appears in the movies. The mixture — which is a combination of sand and water, according to Scientific American — typically occurs in areas near water ...

Perhaps you remember the iconic quicksand scenes from 1987's "The Princess ... one of the most dangerous places to swim. The water is also completely opaque due to the high silt content, which ...

Arizona Hiker Who Was Trapped in Quicksand for 11 Hours Before Being Rescued Speaks Out "I just dropped like a rock," Acord told NBC affiliate WCSH. "I was there and then the next minute I wasn't." ...

Greg Foot investigates quicksand and discovers why it's so dangerous. Practical experiments show that quicksand is a non-Newtonian fluid that can behave as both a solid and a liquid. The reasons ...