Is Water Wet? Plus: Neutron Star Weight and A Trick to Keep Experiences Feeling Fresh and New

Curiosity Daily

English - July 19, 2018 07:00 - 8 minutes - 7.71 MB - ★★★★★ - 877 ratings
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In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:

This Simple Trick Keeps All Your Favorite Experiences Feeling Fresh and New If You Drop a Feather and a Neutron Star in a Vacuum, Which Lands First?

Plus, Kristi in Pennsylvania asks: "Is water itself actually wet?" Here are the sources we discuss in our conversation:

Is Water Wet? | Debate.org Is Water Wet? | UCSB ScienceLine Water's surface not all wet: Some water molecules split the difference between gas and liquid | ScienceDaily Ingenious: Richard Saykally — The chemist tells us why water is wet | Nautilus [VIDEO]Further Reading: Scientists Find That Water Might Exist in a Whole New State | Smithsonian Water Has a Quantum State | Curiosity.com The Triple Point Is When a Liquid Can Boil and Freeze at Once | Curiosity.com

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