Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as enthralled with the wonders of the universe as she is. When she's not daydreaming about flying through space, she's daydreaming ...

I use salt rather than white sand. It is easy and good. High-frequency sound until the point is horrible. A sound wave weapon level where complaints come from a neighbor surely when playing a movie ...

Using just a tone generator, a speaker, and a metal plate, YouTube artist Brusspup shows us how certain frequencies can vibrate sand into wildly intricate patterns. The patterns increase in complexity ...