Seawater froths and foams in ways that freshwater rarely does. A new study pinpoints the ocean’s electrolytes as the reason bubbles resist merging there. By studying the final moments before Keep reading
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Scuba-Diving Fly
Mono Lake, three times saltier than the ocean, is an extreme environment by any measure. But for the alkali fly, it’s home. This extremophile insect dives into the lake, protected Keep reading
Breaking Up
The dripping of a faucet and the break-up of a jet into droplets is universal. That means that the forces – the inertia of the fluid, the capillary forces governed by surface Keep reading
Boiling Water in Oil
Most people know that throwing water into hot oil is a bad idea. But, as dramatic as the results can be, the boiling of a water droplet submerged in oil Keep reading