Glass is the flash mob of the particle world. Scientists think there's like a prize to be one here. If they can understand the secret order that makes glass glass, maybe they can invent new types of materials. Like if you understand what creates a glass with a certain property, you can make a glass that's harder to break.
Sam Sanders, host of Vulture’s Into It podcast, is in the hot seat for a new episode of our game show. Can he guess which sandy mystery has been solved and which ones are still unexplainable?
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