When I was growing up, I thought lava lamps were the coolest decor accent. The swirly, hypnotic goo and colorful ambient light brought such a “cool girl” vibe that I so desperately wanted. But time ...

The lava lamp is a symbol of a simpler time that remains a popular part of culture today, but what exactly is inside the lamp ...

The home décor staple of the 1960s and early ’70s counterculture is making a comeback. By Jessica Bumpus Samuel Elmore first saw a lava lamp when he was about 12 or 13 years old and walking through a ...

What is the best lava lamp? It seems that no matter how much culture changes, there’s always a demand for the retro, which is why the playful visuals of a lava lamp never seem to go out of style.

Inspired by Marcelis’ vision of floor-to-ceiling light sculptures, the ‘Column’ lamp is pure psychedelic whimsy, reimagined at an architectural scale. ‘I always wanted to design a giant lava lamp,’ ...

The British-made lamps have surged in popularity as younger audiences seek to recapture magic of the 1960s Depending on your age, you may remember them from Doctor Who and The Prisoner in the 1960s, ...

A new desk lamp is taking over from the lava lamp -- by replacing the boring old wax lava with interactive magnetic fluid. Magnetism is one of the most fascinating phenomena on the planet, and there ...

When Imre Jánosi's teenage daughter asked him how her new lava lamp worked, she probably expected a quick explanation. But her innocent question sent Jánosi, a physicist at Loránd Eötvös University in ...

NOSTALGIA PROBABLY ranks somewhere near the bottom on the list of causes of kidney failure. But a 1996 report in the Annals of Emergency Medicine relays the story of a 65-year-old man who guzzled the ...