untypo’d url: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phases_of_ice#Known_phases
Comment on xkcd #3144: Phase Changes
DarkCloud@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
More akin to marbles on a floor or a table shuffleboard setup!
GraniteM@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Great, who’s going to go tell Richard Feynman?
grissino@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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