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materials science

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A battery compartment heavily corroded with white, crusty battery leakage

Electrochemistry

Why Do Batteries Leak?

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A colorful assortment of plastic-handled push pins

Ergonomics & Polymers

Why Do Push Pins Have Plastic Handles?

engineeringmaterials science

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Close up of tape hitting a metal serrated edge, mid-tear

Applied Mechanics

Why Do Tape Dispensers Have a Jagged Edge?

physicsengineering

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A cascade of tiny white paper circles falling from a hole puncher

Manufacturing Mechanics

Why Do Hole Punchers Make Confetti?

physicsengineering

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A line-up of various paperclip shapes: Gem, Ideal, Binder, Plastic coated

Minimalist Engineering

Why Do Paperclips Have Different Shapes?

engineeringdesign

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A match being struck against a box, with a chemical reaction diagram overlaid

Chemistry of Fire

Why Do Matches Ignite When Struck?

chemistryfire

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A cloth wiping a clean streak through colorful dry erase ink on a white board

Polymer Chemistry

Why Do Dry Erase Markers Wipe Off?

chemistrymaterials science

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Editorial illustration of a glass hitting the floor and shattering, with energy waves radiating outward through the rigid structure

MATERIAL SCIENCE

Why Does Glass Shatter But Not Bounce?

glassphysics

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Close-up of an old wavy glass window pane with uneven thickness

Glass is a solid. Full stop.

Is Glass a Liquid?

Glass is a solid. The old window thickness myth is wrong. Here is what glass actually is, why old windows are uneven, and what a supercooled liquid actually means.

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