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Why can’t we cool water as quickly as we can heat it?
New Scientist’s Last Word series explored the physics behind why cooling water is more challenging than heating it. The discussion covered principles of thermodynamics and energy transfer.
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This question was posed as part of New Scientist’s Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions. Here’s what our readers had to say
2026-09-23 17:00 UTC