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Does peer pressure apply in the physical world? In the case of polyethylene oxide, the answer is yes.
Thanks to the tight entanglement of molecules, this crazy liquid manages to pour itself, as Steve Mould explains.
Remember how you’re mom always asked, “If your friend decides to jump off a cliff, would you do it, too?” If you were a molecule of polyethylene oxide, you wouldn’t have much of a choice.
No one said being in a tight clique was easy.
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