What happened here? It's a case of pavement not sticking to the road in Lufkin, Texas. It appears to be a case of road construction done to somewhat less than the highest industry standards coupled with torrential rain f...

Europe is undergoing an unusual heat wave, which led to the road buckling in Diestersteenweg, Belgium. Or was there something more sinister going on?Here's the English translation of the news story, but the headline look...

Instead of water, some lakes are filled with the g...  ...illed with the gooey petroleum substance known as asphalt , tar, or bitumen. It forms when crude oil thicken...  ...Angeles.In addition to geologists and oil barons, asphalt lakes are objects of interest for naturalists and...  ...oking for food perhaps,...

Image: Dudarev Mikhail/Shutterstock...  ...sugar with molasses added as brown colorant. 5. Asphalt Yes, that black stuff used to pave roads and par...