untypo’d url: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phases_of_ice#Known_phases
Comment on xkcd #3144: Phase Changes
DarkCloud@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Fuck that, ice comes in over 25 different structural types or phases, the most recently discovered was this year. We still don’t know jack shit about jack shit:
BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 2 months ago
We recently figured out why ice is slippery. Normies make it seem like all that’s left to learn is at the fringes, but it’s not. Our gaps in knowledge are everywhere. Even you can be an explorer!
khornechips@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I assumed it was because of a thin water layer that makes you essentially hydroplane when you step on it, am I even close?
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 2 months ago
More akin to marbles on a floor or a table shuffleboard setup!
GraniteM@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Great, who’s going to go tell Richard Feynman?
grissino@lemmy.world 2 months ago
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