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Counter-Intuitive Science

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01-23-2011 10:35 AM 		Reply to: Message 9 by jar
01-09-2011 8:50 PM

Ice
jar writes:
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That ice floats.
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Even more counter-intuitive is that ice also sinks. There are various solid phases of ice, some of which have a density higher than that of liquid water, which causes it to sink.
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"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." - Charles Darwin.
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