Comment on xkcd #3144: Phase Changes
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoWe 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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