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In a new study, published in May in the journal Physical Review E, scientists plopped the creamy condiment into a churning wheel machine and set it whirling to see what conditions made it flow.

Related: World's largest nuclear fusion reactor is finally completed. But it won't run for another 15 years. Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter nowGet the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox. Unfortunately, the hydrogen gas wants to expand, causing the molten metal to explode before hydrogen has time to fuse. This explosion occurs when the metal capsule enters an unstable phase and starts to flow.

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