Winter Storm Fern, a rare convergence of Arctic cold and Southwest moisture, seems set to bring Arctic weather to many parts ...
Researchers in Germany have challenged a 200-year-old assumption and revealed that pressure and friction are not responsible for making ice slippery, contrary to what has long been taught in physics ...
A thin, watery layer coating the surface of ice is what makes it slick. Despite a great deal of theorizing over the centuries, though, it isn't entirely clear why that layer forms.