Conventionally, matter condenses as it cools down, but water is is very strange in the way it expands. What is the mechanism of this process? Find out in this episode of Fossil Fix.
Music by Kevin McLeoud
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00:00 Introduction
00:43 The chemical structure of water
01:13 Cooling effect
02:01 Top-down freezing
02:27 An anecdote
03:07 Outro