"I've seen people do this experiment. They put boiling water in an ice tray and cold water in a freezer," he says. "And then the boiling water, that ice tray freezes faster." He adds: "In the end, it's less water to freeze...so it happens quicker"
What makes ice slippery? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly uncover the complex physics of ice and cool facts we’re still learning about it with physicist and author, Laurie Winkless.
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