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The Cheerio Effect: Why floating stuff clumps together

09/22/2005 9:41 AM

MikeG writes:
I love when science explains stuff that is completely mundane, like why wet cereal clumps together. Apparently, its due to three basic concepts from physics: buoyancy, surface tension and the meniscus effect.

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Cool!

09/23/2005 9:26 AM

I love how the curious mind can find something to tangle with in a morning's bowl of cereal. It just makes me smile...

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Re:Cool!

09/23/2005 9:46 AM

Science is at its best when it answers questions that 4 year olds ask in a way they can understand.

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