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QRDL
from Poland on 2005-10-07 15:44 [#01743862]
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http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/pitchdrop/pitchdrop.shtml
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QRDL
from Poland on 2005-10-07 15:57 [#01743867]
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Sorry for the lack of link
Anyway, I think it's quite interesting. The team has just received the Ig-Noble prize.
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grinningcat
from london (United Kingdom) on 2005-10-07 16:21 [#01743890]
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i dont get it
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paolo_p
from behind on 2005-10-07 16:22 [#01743891]
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"everyday materials can exhibit quite surprising properties."
i wonder what kinds of properties this porkchop i am currently eating exhibits!?
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cygnus
from nowhere and everyplace on 2005-10-07 16:27 [#01743895]
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id like to drink/chew some of that
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clint
from Silencio... (United Kingdom) on 2005-10-07 17:17 [#01743938]
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Wow 100 billion times more viscous than water.
And people complain about ketchup from glass bottles...
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Drunken Mastah
from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2005-10-07 18:33 [#01744004]
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so viscous
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mappatazee
from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2005-10-07 18:37 [#01744014]
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Glass is also a liquid at room temperature. Centuries-old windows are thicker at the bottom because it has begun to flow down.
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chaosmachine
from Ottawa (Canada) on 2005-10-07 18:42 [#01744019]
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that's pretty cool.
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evolume
from seattle (United States) on 2005-10-07 18:45 [#01744021]
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true!
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mappatazee
from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2005-10-07 18:48 [#01744023]
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Or not, heh: There is no clear answer to the question "Is glass solid or liquid?"
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yann_g
from now on 2005-10-07 18:53 [#01744028]
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well it's a stupid/incomplete question
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