TIL: honeycombs start out circular, and the surface tension of the beeswax pulls them into hexagons as it solidifies, because it is the most energetically favorable conformation. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Submitted by craigdahlke t3_127s897 on March 31, 2023 at 5:14 PM in todayilearned 33 comments 2,959
Akiasakias t1_jegyksg wrote on March 31, 2023 at 11:06 PM I wonder if something similar is happening at Saturns polar region. No one can explain that hexagon yet. It's not solid, and surface tension should mean jack at that scale. But some force is creating the same shape. Permalink 2
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