The Daily Telegraph: A team of fluid dynamics experts have worked out what causes the so-called “teapot effect” and have come up with a way to put an end to it.
They have deduced that at low pouring speeds tea starts to stick to the inside of the spout, causing the flow to momentarily stop and then start again—in other words to dribble. By reducing the friction between the spout and the fluid, the dribble can be all but eradicated even towards the end of a pour, claim the scientists at the University of Lyons in France.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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