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“Oreology” investigates mystery of why Oreo creme filling usually sticks to one side

If you have to test the mechanics of an Oreo, what better fixture is there than an oreometer? Everyone has their preferred method for snacking on tasty Oreo cookies: twisting the two halves apart to eat the creme filling first, perhaps, before dunking the chocolate wafers in a glass of milk. But you may have […]

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Physicists say they’ve finally solved the teapot effect—for real this time

Dropping below the critical flow rate results in the wetting of the edge, and the telltale dribble of the teapot effect. Dropping below the critical flow rate results in the particular wetting of the edge, and the telltale dribble of typically the teapot effect. The dribbling of tea down the side of a teapot while […]