Article 64AAF Can you solve it? Physics puzzles for smart students

Can you solve it? Physics puzzles for smart students

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Alex Bellos
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How to cool your coffee and other crucial questions

UPDATE: The solutions can be read here

Today's puzzles have been suggested by he Department of Physics at Oxford university, for reasons that will become clear below.

They kick off with a question that could change your life, that is, if you are always burning your mouth on hot coffee.

1) Add milk right away, then wait a few minutes before drinking.

2) Wait a few minutes, then add milk just before drinking.

1) it goes up

2) it goes down

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