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Awesome discovery of the week: Glass melts when it gets too cold

https://gizmodo.com/preview/awesome-discovery-of-the-week-glass-melts-when-it-gets-5756593

Anyone who’s seen enough old Sesame Street episodes or been to enough Renaissance Fairs knows that when glass gets hot enough, it turns to liquid. Applied heat pumps energy into the solid pieces of glass, getting their molecules jiggling. As the heat dissipates, the glass becomes cool and solidifies again. More »


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