Now that you have a beautiful pile of sand, what can you actually do with it? A lot, it seems, as Sand is the base for a multitude of new elements. Here is every crafting recipe in Little Alchemy that ...

Punch describes it as a “murky mess that’s one of the canon’s more infamous scourges.” Thrillist quotes a San Antonio bartender: “I find it unbalanced and downright repulsive.” A bartender in my ...

Sand can cause all kinds of trouble. Anakin Skywalker put it best when he said, “It’s coarse, and rough, and irritating, and it gets everywhere. However, despite all that, it can still be pretty ...

Nahda Nabiilah is a writer and editor from Indonesia. She has always loved writing and playing games, so one day decided to put the two together. Most of the time, writing gaming guides is a blast for ...

Marianne van den Broek has been sculpting sand for 23 years. She spends about two days on projects and says the biggest challenge is Florida's unpredictable weather. She makes a living by teaching ...

You can make glass in Minecraft by smelting blocks of sand, and combining the glass with other items can craft even more.

Across the globe, shorelines are under threat from rising sea levels and intensifying storms. Island states and coastal cities are taking action to defend themselves, from building seawalls to ...