Why You Can Hear the Temperature of Water
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nytimes.com
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/science/hot-water-sound-cold.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/science/hot-water-sound-cold.html
Ahhhh fascinating.
For years, I've been adamant that when I stir a cup of hot tea or coffee, the pitch of the scraping spoon almost imperceptibly shifts, and assumed it was because of the gradual slight cooling of the water. Nobody else could seem to hear what I heard.
Wasn't sure if it was my music producer ears or imagination.