If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. The exhilarating spray from waves crashing into the shore, the distressing sound of a faucet leaking in the night, and the indispensable role of bubbles dissolving gas into the oceans are but a few examples of the ubiquitous presence and profound importance of drop formation and splashing in our lives. They are also examples of a liquid changing its topology. In this session, Sidney Nagel, Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor in Physics, discusses the life cycle of a drop from first formation to final disappearance and the delightful and profound scientific surprises it reveals.