Craft bartenders say that big ice melts more slowly than small ice. How is this possible? Treating the cocktail as a closed system, if you include an equal mass of ice, and the starting and ending temperatures are the same, wouldn't the same amount of heat be transferred into the ice, resulting in an equal quantity of melt? [more inside]
posted by fedward on Dec 31, 2008 - 44 answers

I'm looking for back story on a somewhat disturbing photograph which was circulating around the internet around 10-15 years ago. Trouble is, I no longer have a copy of the file, and can't find it. [more inside]
posted by sergeant sandwich on Aug 26, 2008 - 8 answers

I want to make one of these bowls instead of buying one. [more inside]
posted by allkindsoftime on Sep 5, 2007 - 10 answers

SchoolProjectFilter: Help my son keep an ice cube from melting! [more inside]
posted by I_Love_Bananas on Mar 17, 2007 - 13 answers