Magnetic Liquid Design

Run a search for "Magnetic Liquid" on YouTube, and you'll find you'll come up with all sorts of freaky student projects. Filmed and posted for posterity--some include music scores-- you can watch as the laws of nature take over with this weird liquid that appears to have a life of its own, when taunted by magnets and prying eyes. Most of these clips are somewhat lengthly, but here's a quick show of how it works, if you don't want to sit through the longer, more artistic versions of these experiments, such as this one.