At Coachella 2004, Wayne Coyne, frontman for Oklahoma psych-pop eccentrics the Flaming Lips, revamped the long-standing festival tradition of beachball-tossing by stepping inside a giant clear plastic ...

A team of mathematicians has devised the most precise recipe yet for blowing perfect bubbles, and it’s not just for fun and frolics. Achieving a better understanding of the dynamics at work could lead ...

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Pro tip: If you’re entering a bubble gum contest, it’s best to slather your lower face with an emollient. That includes facial hair. “What I do is I get lip-stuff and I coat my goatee down a little ...

It’s unclear whether The Flaming Lips are using jelly – or vaseline, for that matter – at their concerts these days. The rock band is, however, trying plastic bubbles. The rock musicians from Oklahoma ...