Chang Seok Han and Piotr Jablonski have found that by evolving a morphological shield to protect their genitalia from males' forceful copulatory attempts, females of an Asian species of water strider seem to "win" the evolutionary arms race between the sexes. Instead, females only expose their genitalia for copulation after males produce a courtship "song" by tapping the water ... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

The woman told authorities that her suspicion that her husband had an affair led her to pour boiling water on his groin, scalding the man. picked by arsphidius 1 year ago

"The report said the practice is widespread because water from major suppliers can cost twice as much as water from other sources."
Other sources? picked by deepchill 2 years ago

A washing machine that uses only a cup of water to carry out a full wash, leaving clothes virtually dry, has been developed by British inventors. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

You've never seen water do this before. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

SOME time ago, as I emptied a big pot of pasta water into the sink and waited for the fog to lift from my glasses, a simple question occurred to me. Why boil so much more water than pasta actually absorbs, only to pour it down the drain? picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

A world record in the length of a queue to a toilet was set on Sunday when 756 people lined up to a latrine in central Brussels to raise awareness for the need for clean water on World Water Day. picked by kakana 8 months ago

A giant subsurface reservoir of nearly pure water ice has been discovered on the Southern pole of Mars. It contains enough water to blanket the planet 30 feet deep if melted. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

New images obtained by a sharp-eyed Martian satellite reveal that some Red Planet features once thought to have been carved by flowing water were in fact created by other processes. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Japanese company Genepax presents its eco-friendly car that runs on nothing but water. The car has an energy generator that extracts hydrogen from water that is poured into the car's tank. The generator then releases electrons that produce electric power to run the car. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

A Norwegian church used lemon-flavoured cola instead of water in a baptism ceremony after its taps were temporarily turned off because of freezing temperatures. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Water... natures best way to quench your thirst any day. With all of the benefits that water offers, the use of "convenient" plastic bottles may be making water bad for our health. picked by super 2 years ago

Cities are raising water rates to offset the loss of revenue caused by using less water.

Can anyone say Catch-22? picked by tigertony 2 years ago

Contains a special membrane that cleans 99.999999% of contaminates. Cleans 500 liters of water before going bad.

I almost want to get one, go to a local stream, scoop a glass, and take a sip. picked by MUPpetMAKer 2 years ago

How'd they get them? I don't know, but everybody's got a water buffaloooooooo... picked by Ellz 2 years ago

Having a hard time waking up in the morning? Enjoy over complicated how to projects that involve soldering?

GOOD NEWS! Make your own alarm clock water gun device. picked by muppetmaker 2 years ago

"This simple experiment seemed to confirm that most people cannot tell the difference between tap water and bottled water. Yet they buy it anyway - and in enormous quantities." picked by videoguy 3 years ago

n Las Vegas, the biggest desert city in the U.S., and still one of the fastest-growing regions in the nation, the local water utility is offering cash incentives to replace water-sucking lawns with drought-resistant landscapes. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

Mars was wet in its early history, but today it appears bone dry other than ice below the surface and at the poles. Astronomers have long wondered where all the water went. The water might have been blown into space long ago by strong gusts of solar winds, new satellite observations suggest. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A dieter suffered permanent brain damage after being advised to drink six pints of water a day and cut salt intake to lose weight. Dawn Page, 52, has been awarded £810,000 in damages from her nutritionist, although the practitioner denies fault. picked by maxriter 1 year ago