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Is AI Making You Lazy and Dumb? & The Secret Science of Stickiness

Something You Should Know

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The Interface Between Lubricants and Surfaces

Scientists have started to look at friction from a scientific point of view. They're particularly interested in what happens when you have a very thin layer of lubricant, maybe just a few atoms thick. And that's really where we're trying to answer some really fundamental questions about friction. There are lots of different theories to explain why we might have these rigid skin ridges on our finger tips. One is that their presence might allow us to grip things more easily.

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