19 results for “ice”
Chemistry
Water: The Strangest Ordinary Substance
ice ought to sink, and lakes ought to freeze solid from the bottom up. None of that
Article · 3 min read
Planets & the Solar System
Uranus and Neptune
ice giants at the edge of the planetary system are cold, blue, strange and barely explored
Article · 4 min read
Planets & the Solar System
Comets, Asteroids and Pluto
ice as tall as the Rockies, a vast plain of nitrogen ice churning in slow convection
Article · 4 min read
Planets & the Solar System
Saturn
ice, ranging from dust grains to boulders the size of houses, each on its own orbit
Article · 4 min read
Planet Earth
Weather and Climate
ice particles until the charge discharges as lightning. A bolt heats the air around it to about
Article · 4 min read
Planets & the Solar System
Jupiter
ice several times Earth's mass, though NASA's Juno spacecraft has found it may be oddly
Article · 3 min read
The Human Body
The Skeleton and Bones
ice on ice. The ball-and-socket joints of the shoulder and hip allow movement in every
Article · 5 min read
Planet Earth
Rocks, Minerals and Fossils
ice or tar. Fossilisation is extraordinarily unlikely. It needs rapid burial, usually in water, and then
Article · 4 min read
Space & the Universe
Space Exploration
ice, and help farmers, rescuers and scientists. Technologies developed for space have found their way into
Article · 3 min read
Matter, Energy & Physics
Electricity and Magnetism
ice and water in a storm cloud rub together, charge builds up until the air can no longer
Article · 4 min read
Planets & the Solar System
Mercury and Venus
ice hiding in them, delivered by comets and preserved for billions of years just a few hundred
Article · 3 min read
Planets & the Solar System
The Moon
ice hidden in them, a potential resource for future bases. Tides and a steady Earth The Moon
Article · 4 min read
Animals
Whales and Dolphins
ice, techniques taught to young and passed down for generations. Pods have distinct dialects of calls
Article · 4 min read
Planets & the Solar System
Mars
ice: in the polar caps, in glaciers buried under dust, and in frozen soil just below
Article · 4 min read
Animals
Reptiles and Amphibians
ice, protected by sugar pumped into its cells, and thaws out alive in spring. Poison dart
Article · 3 min read
Chemistry
Chemical Reactions
ice, which is still water afterwards, a chemical reaction makes something new. Common clues are a change
Article · 3 min read
Space & the Universe
Exoplanets: Worlds Around Other Stars
ice or gas. A zoo of worlds Our solar system turned out to be a poor
Article · 3 min read
Animals
Birds
ice, in the middle of the Pacific, over the Himalaya. There are about 11,000 species
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Life & Biology
Bacteria and Viruses
ice, kilometres down in solid rock, in acid, in radioactive waste and in the clouds. There
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