Crazy game played day to day in real life where you "hunt" and "assassinate" targets using water guns picked by huskerdu324 12 months ago 3 comments edit related share weird |
Arizona State University Regents Professor C. Austen Angell has found a vital clue that helps explain water's bizarre behavior at the glass transition and, along the way, gained important insights into phases of liquid water as well. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Drinking three or more cups of tea a day is as good for you as drinking plenty of water and may even have extra health benefits, say researchers. 2 comments edit related share plime.comTea not only rehydrates as well as water does, but it can also protect against heart disease and some cancers, UK nutritionists found. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago |
"Superhydrophobic" materials that never get wet have an Achilles' heel, say chemists: they can fend off cold, but not hot water. 0 comments edit related share scienceAfter studying this effect, the team has now designed a new material coating that can repel hot water. It could be used to make anti-scald clothing, they say, which could help to protect vulnerable members of the population from hot-water burns. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago |
Ripple.org gives you the ability to give water, food, education and money just by viewing an ad. Every time you view an ad, some money is donated, giving nearly 6 days of clean water access! picked by thejehosephat 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
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A moth with a wingspan of an inch has forced a Scottish water company to change the route of a pipeline. 6 comments edit related share science*picture not actual moth* picked by kakana 8 months ago |
Archaeologists excavating a sprawling prehistoric fortress in southern Greece have discovered a secret underground passage thought to have supplied the site with water in times of danger. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
An epic drought in Georgia threatens the water supply for millions. Florida doesn’t have nearly enough water for its expected population boom. The Great Lakes are shrinking. Upstate New York’s reservoirs have dropped to record lows. And in the West, the Sierra Nevada snowpack is melting faster each year. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago 5 comments edit related share science |
If you're an eco-conscious consumer and feel that small pang of guilt each time you purchase a new bottle of water, don't despair - a new solution is rolling out. Plant It Water™ recently launched its new "un-bottled" spring water, with packaging made from more than 60 percent renewable materials.And here picked by Bornbad 8 months ago 3 comments edit related share technology |
A boy in Liberia can do an astonishing trick with a water bottle picked by Stadsman 2 years ago 12 comments edit related share plime.com |
There have been raging debates over the years as to whether there is frozen water on the moon or not. Soon two NASA spacecraft, a lunar spycraft and a kamikaze probe, will help answer the question by peering into the permanent darkness of craters at the moon's south pole. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
In the course of a five-month inquiry, the AP discovered that drugs have been detected in the drinking water supplies of 24 major metropolitan areas. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share science |
An overheating hippo was so desperate to cool down that he climbed over the side of a 3m (10ft) water tower for a nice long soak. 0 comments edit related share plime.comHowever, after happily splashing around for a while, the mammal found it could not get out of the pool and was well and truly stuck. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago |
Water supplies to 200,000 people in eastern China were cut for 40 hours due to groundwater pollution, allegedly from chemical plants, state media reported Wednesday. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
*CNN Video 2 comments edit related share scienceIn Memphis, Tennessee, a deer is recovering after being trapped in high water in the Mississippi River. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago |
The Taoist poet Lao Tse famously wrote that water exemplifies the highest good, benefiting all and flowing easily without effort. While this makes for a lovely metaphor, there's more to H20 than is dreamt of in Lao Tse's philosophies. Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have found that, at the molecular level, water exhibits viscous, even solid-like properties. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share science |
A planet orbiting a red dwarf star 20 light years away could be the first known water world, entirely covered by a deep ocean. picked by suebe 7 months ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
What color is water? It is a question that many children ask, not to mention adults, and the answer is invariably that it has no color. It is transparent, clear, see through. So, which answer is the correct one? picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago 1 comments edit related share science |
Water runs downhill—we all know that. As a rule, it follows the path of steepest descent, seeking out the shortest and fastest route from top to bottom. So how can we make sense of meandering rivers, which wiggle-waggle down the valley, prolonging their journey to the sea and greatly lengthening their course? Why doesn't the flowing water—acting under the tug of gravity—just carv... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Even though three quarters of our planet is considered water, there is still a demand for it in almost every community, and a scarcity in many. That’s because we can actually only use one to two percent of it. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago 9 comments edit related share plime.com |