Liquid water is not itself wet, but can make other solid materials wet. Wetness is the ability of a liquid to adhere to the surface of a solid, so when we say that something is wet, we mean that …

The crystal structure of solid water (i.e. ice) places the water molecules farther from each-other than they can pack as a liquid. As a result, liquid water is denser than frozen water.

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I would suggest plating out bacteria on a Petri dish, divide it into quadrants, let the bacteria grow for a week or two, and smear rubbing alcohol over one of the quadrants, and then some kind …

Where do seeds come from? Question Date: 2013-02-13 Answer 1: Have you ever heard of the story of the chicken and the egg? Which comes first, people ask, the chicken or the egg? Well …

I am studying the statistical distribution of the size of crystals formed in a cement clinker. I expected a normal Gaussian curve but it was more like a Y=1/X curve. Why is it so? Question …

Why can mealworms eat Styrofoam? Question Date: 2016-02-06 Answer 1: That's amazing. I didn't know mealworms could eat Styrofoam. I know there are microbes that can eat oil spills …

Seeds germinate through a process called imbibition, which is the uptake of water by the seed from the environment. High concentrations of sugar will lower the water potential of the growth …

I assume you are referring to the collision which is believed to have formed the moon. Researchers have calculated that it caused Earth to spin faster, so that days were shorter, but …

Where does a balloon go when it flies up into the air ? Does it pop or keep on going? Does it run out of helium and just float down or does it go into the atmosphere? Question Date: 2011-04 …