Tardigrades turn into glass when they dry out

Re:Tardigrades turn into glass when they dry out by dllu on Saturday December 26, 2015 @01:31AM (#10793490)

Considering that -272 C is very close to absolute zero, it makes perfect sense. For example, 0.1 K and 0.5 K are both written as -273 C, but the latter is five times as hot as the former. For best consistency, we ought to use logarithmic Kelvins.

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Re:Tardigrades turn into glass when they dry out by gajomi on Saturday December 26, 2015 @04:13AM (#10793722)

I don't really disagree, but that would make for a rather perverse unit, given that inverse temperatures are already on a logarithm scale relative to the probabilities of microscopic states.

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Re:Tardigrades turn into glass when they dry out by labster on Saturday December 26, 2015 @04:57AM (#10793773)

Logarithms are like violence—if it's not flat yet, you need to use more.

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