By Ruchi M. Watson
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I’ve discovered that I am oobleck. What is oobleck, you ask? For those of you who haven’t hung around a young child or a chemistry class recently, oobleck is a non-Newtonian fluid – it acts like a solid under pressure and a liquid otherwise. If you push on it, oobleck hardens up. Without pressure, it drips right through your fingersâ€Â¦
Based on my COVID experiences, I can relate to the properties of a non-Newtonian fluid, because that describes my work experiences pretty well: solid under pressure and otherwiseâ€Â¦kind of squishy. Curious minds can learn more about oobleck here.