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Curious Grad Student Accidentally Discovers Shape-Changing Liquid That Bends the Laws of Thermodynamics
The Debrief ^ | April 09, 2025 | Ryan Whalen

Posted on 04/10/2025 10:06:53 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: Red Badger

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new
discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!) but “That’s funny ...”
-— Isaac Asimov


21 posted on 04/10/2025 10:35:14 AM PDT by dagunk (-- Unknown)
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To: Jamestown1630

sticky notes


22 posted on 04/10/2025 10:35:30 AM PDT by bankwalker (Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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To: Red Badger

Outstanding. I had a chemistry set when I was a kid. I liked nitric acid, sulfuric acid and glycerin. Stir gently!


23 posted on 04/10/2025 10:35:55 AM PDT by kawhill (What is it you seek? Peace. Aw, Peace. Expensive to purchase.)
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To: sit-rep

Yessir!


24 posted on 04/10/2025 10:36:28 AM PDT by Mathews (I have faith Malachi is right!!! Any day now...)
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To: Jamestown1630

I also wonder how many terrible accidents have taken place because someone just ‘wanted to see what would happen’...

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25 posted on 04/10/2025 10:37:01 AM PDT by dagunk (-- Unknown)
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To: Menehune56

lol!


26 posted on 04/10/2025 10:37:16 AM PDT by EliRoom8 ( -- )
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To: Mathews

Fire ants?


27 posted on 04/10/2025 10:37:22 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Kamala defines herself in just 4 words..."Nothing comes to mind.")
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To: Omnivore-Dan

Well, that’s one way to do it for sure!! Who needs an earth mover when you can just blow stuff up?


28 posted on 04/10/2025 10:37:28 AM PDT by Mathews (I have faith Malachi is right!!! Any day now...)
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To: sit-rep

That’s awesome. Wait for it... wait for it... BOOM!!!


29 posted on 04/10/2025 10:38:03 AM PDT by Mathews (I have faith Malachi is right!!! Any day now...)
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To: bankwalker

Is that true?


30 posted on 04/10/2025 10:38:12 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Fresh Wind

Way bigger and the bite hurts more but the pain doesn’t last as long.


31 posted on 04/10/2025 10:38:57 AM PDT by Mathews (I have faith Malachi is right!!! Any day now...)
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To: Red Badger

Dont make a special trip for specifics, but whats the significance?... (I slipped that day in science class)


32 posted on 04/10/2025 10:39:11 AM PDT by sit-rep
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To: Mathews

Ha ha. Did your eyebrows grow back?


33 posted on 04/10/2025 10:39:13 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: Red Badger

That should urn him some recognition


34 posted on 04/10/2025 10:39:28 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Jamestown1630

It is. The glue on sticky notes was a failure. It was for another purpose and didn’t hold well at all. If i recall correctly, the inventor just decided to use it for his own personal use on pieces of paper in a hymnal. Someone noticed what a great idea it was, and the rest is history.


35 posted on 04/10/2025 10:40:23 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: Mathews

You invented fire ants.


36 posted on 04/10/2025 10:40:45 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Red Badger
nvm... I read it again... They dontt even know...

The team has yet to identify a practical application for the unexpected discovery, but they anticipate its influence on soft-matter physics.

37 posted on 04/10/2025 10:41:00 AM PDT by sit-rep
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To: bigdaddy45

Yes, I think I remember hearing the story now.


38 posted on 04/10/2025 10:41:44 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Red Badger

It’s the old “grad student does the work, professor puts their name on it” gig.


39 posted on 04/10/2025 10:42:21 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: PIF
one day ... one day ... the ants will take revenge ...

Excellent! That type of humor is in the Gary Larson/Far Side realm.
40 posted on 04/10/2025 10:42:57 AM PDT by EliRoom8 ( -- )
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