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What Makes a Fluid a Fluid?

Quanta Science Podcast by Quanta Magazine

Aug 18, 202636:00Science & Medicine

The Navier-Stokes equations are enormously successful at predicting how fluids flow and swirl. But they fail to account for the microscopic bits that make up matter. But now math based on symmetries offers a new concepti...

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What Makes a Fluid a Fluid? is an episode from Quanta Science Podcast by Quanta Magazine. The Navier-Stokes equations are enormously successful at predicting how fluids flow and swirl. But they fail to account for the microscopic bits that...

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Published Aug 18, 2026, 36:00 long, audio available.