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Hot Water Freezes Either Faster or Slower Than Cold Water

The Mpemba Effect happens when hot water freezes quicker than room temperature water, or does it? Alex goes on an exhaustive journey to replicate the Mpemba effect and hits a few snags on the way, including a paper being released the week this video was supposed to come out. Does this paper finally resolve all existing ambiguities about measuring relaxation speeds in the Mpemba Effect?

Hot Water Freezes Either Faster or Slower Than Cold Water

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    Is Water Magnetic?

    S11 E10 - 8m 46s

    Is water bending real? The Reactions team tries it out with a little help from magnets.

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    Liquid Marbles are the Coolest Scientific Breakthrough I've Made (So Far)

    S11 E9 - 11m 15s

    A liquid marble is an otherworldly combination of liquid and solid. Shaped like a solid marble but with many properties of a liquid, these strange objects were invented in 2001 and quickly went science-viral. Our host George finds the original paper reporting their discovery but in his excitement misses the crucial fact that it’s been cited over 1000 times.

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    Exposing Fake Honey Using Carbon-13

    S11 E8 - 12m

    There’s been an increase of manufacturers cutting honey with corn syrup or cane sugar. This week Alex takes to the lab and investigates the stable isotopes in 20 different honeys to see if they contain pure honey or have been adulterated.

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