Comment on xkcd #3144: Phase Changes
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 1 day 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 1 day 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 1 day ago
More akin to marbles on a floor or a table shuffleboard setup!
GraniteM@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Great, who’s going to go tell Richard Feynman?
grissino@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
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