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- Neticule, on 10/12/2007, -3/+55One time I ate a turkey sandwich in the shower. I learned alot about water, and the way it interacts with turkey sandwiches that day.
- pype, on 10/12/2007, -4/+40I know that without H2O we would not have Kool-Aid
Delicious, Delicious Kool-Aid - phatvolvo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+28water:
* is also known as hydroxl acid, and is the major component of acid rain.
* contributes to the "greenhouse effect."
* may cause severe burns.
* contributes to the erosion of our natural landscape.
* accelerates corrosion and rusting of many metals.
* may cause electrical failures and decreased effectiveness of automobile brakes.
* has been found in excised tumors of terminal cancer patients.
* withdrawal by those addicted to the substance causes certain death within 168 hours; - vegasbright, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20Once Ice 9 is created were all ***** anyways.
- djhash, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Actually some highschool kid plastered the school with "Dihydrogen Oxide" posters and enticed most of the school to sign a "petition-to-the-government" to ban the use of the Acid. it was his science fair project.
- Quarks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14I used to think that too but it's not some religious orientated newspaper, in fact it's one of the most respected newspapers around.
They don't rely on wire services like AP or Reuters, but they have their own reporters.
If you read it you'll find there's nothing Christian about it (apart from daily religion column at the request from the woman who started the paper).
They have very good articles and report real events, you won't find the typical showbiz news (Like "OMG Brad and Angelina had another baby" or something) that you find in other big newspapers.
They interview real people and don't rely on the "he says, she says" stuff from AP or Reuters and the likes.
If you're wondering why the Christian is still in their name, read the FAQ:
"Then if the paper's basically secular and for everybody, why is “Christian Science” in its name?
Eddy (the founder) insisted, against strong opposition from some of her advisers and church officers, that the words “Christian Science” should be in the paper's name. According to one of her biographers, Robert Peel, to Eddy, "the designated title was an identification of the paper with the promise that no human situation was beyond healing or rectification if approached with sufficient understanding of man's God-given potentialities. Nor did the “good news” of Christianity involve the prettification of bad news, but rather, its confident confrontation" (witness Monitor correspondent David Rohde's Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting 1995 on alleged massacres by Bosnian Serb forces)."
I avoided the Christian Science Monitor some time just because of the name, but in fact they're one of the best (if not the best) newspapers in the US. - dcipjr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13That stuff sounds almost as dangerous as dihydrogen oxide.
- t0dd, on 10/12/2007, -4/+15Water is the only substance on earth which naturally occurs in three different forms; liquid, solid and a gas.
Water is the only substance where the maximum density does not occur when solidified. - lambda, on 10/12/2007, -5/+16Done.
- mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7the government will declare hydroxl acid an illegal substance due to your analysis
- etjazz, on 10/12/2007, -12/+19"Christian Science", isn't that the definition of an oxymoron?
- Neticule, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8""scientists assure us" Which scientists would those be?"
The average, everyday, run of the mill scientists.
"a lot" relative to what?
Relative to what the average scientist assumes is typical, of course! - tablatronix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6grape drink fool.
I wish i had the luxuries of koolaid. - HMTKSteve, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5You know, like the "4 out of 5 dentists who chem gum recommend Trident..."
Didn't someone do a parody of that comercial where they had the "fifth" dentist show up and explain he told his patients to chew other gum so they would get cavities and therby let him make more money? - jaxxstorm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5isn't it dihydrogen MONoxide?
- strcmp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5www.dhmo.org
- antron, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8I drink a lot of water, you know. I'm what you might call a water man,
Jack - that's what I am. And I can swear to you, my boy, swear to you,
that there's nothing wrong with my bodily fluids. - lsh202, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7As far as I understand, tap water will freeze faster. The impurities provide nucleation sites for ice crystals to start forming - there was a recent article in Physics World about this (and the Mpemba effect).
See: http://physicsweb.org/articles/world/19/4/4/1 - gummih, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Ajax for water:
http://www.colgate.com/Colgate/US/HC/Products/Dishwashing/PDPContent/Ajax/right.jpg
ice blue leds for water:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/8122/ - djhash, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Oh no.. he's onto us.. DIGG HIM DOWN QUICK..
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Lord Mountbatten wanted to build an aircraft carrier roughly 5x the size of the Statue of Liberty out of Pykrete.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete#History - cliffosj, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I like how if you mix water with 14% wood chippings, when you freeze it, it becomes harder than concrete. We were going to make aircraft carriers out of it in WW2. Pykrete is it's name if anyone wants to look it up.
- cliffosj, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3No, but it thaws a lot slower. I've seen videos of people taking blowtorches to it and it taking ages to melt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete
- brhad56, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Oh yeah!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Digg + Opera = Double Postaliciouis
- Neticule, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Does is stay that solid after it thaws as well? (Yes im too lazy to look up Pykrete)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Here's my contribution:
Water contracts when cooled, just like most (probably all) of other substances. But from 4 C and below, it starts to expand (I am not sure till what temperature in the negative). The reason why the ice floats on water and a capped bottle of water bursts on a freezing night. - XTheEliminator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2No, but it melts 100 times slower, so you can put active refrigeration in the hull to use it in the tropics.
- BarriedaleNick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Actually you are wrong - warm water can freeze faster than cold water - wierd but true
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/hot_water.html - cliffosj, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yer that's becuase when it freezes it's molecules align into a crystal like pyramid structure where there actually more spaced out than in mish mash liquid form. WWats
- Burgerman851, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@TubaTechno,
"I find your lack of faith disturbing." - scooterbaga, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Who else is drinking water... right now! : 0
- djhash, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3ScottMaximus wanted to prove his point so he repeated three times.
- ateoto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1*raises hand*
Water, the best non-alcoholic drink ever! - soapbeard, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Hang on a minute, Dr. Jonathan Katz?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111942/ - nappingcracker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Please mod down for OT, but speaking of water, what happened to the article about the guy who destroyed his plans of a water engine? I could have sworn I was looking at it 30 min ago...
Anyone have a link? - TubaTechno, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4so scientists don't know everything?
Scientists are able to study water basically anytime they want...because its here all the time in tangible form and yet they still don't know much about it.....what about things that they can't see or touch? How do we know if they're right about those kinds of things? - pokey9000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Now why don't you just take it easy, Group Captain, and please make me a drink of grain alcohol and rainwater, and help yourself to whatever you'd like."
- stuffhappens, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@BarriedaleNick
It's not the 'science angle' that bugs me - it's just that fewer and fewer seem to read the Digg submissions page guidelines - ie:
Please follow a few simple guidelines to make digg a better place:
* Quality Technology Content: Is your story technology related?
etc.
How many stories on Digg fail that first basic question?
Never mind - when the next version of Digg comes out and the site becomes 'Just Another Set of Links to Other Links and Articles for Anything That Takes Your Fancy'(TM), it'll be all right to post anything you like - er, just like many do now. - hackwrench, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1We are here with a science correspondent. How many scientists have you met?
Well, if you've met one scientist, you've met every one.
And have you met every scientist?
Well, I've met one.
Are you not in fact a creationism correspondent?
Oh, you're no fun! - BurtDiggler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Alcohol, the best alcoholic drink anywhere...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Of course it is mysterious, it's the only way a planet can form life.
- TubaTechno, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1One time "scientists" thought the world was flat. They also though a lot of things that are different today. A lot of things have been explained....but I'm sure some stuff will change in the future....
- slampaladino, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The French believe water is more effective than toilet paper. I tend to agree where toilet paper is not available.
- bolo311, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0http://www.digg.com/science/(Video)_Throwing_Boiling_Water_Into_Freezing_Air
- XTheEliminator, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Computational quantum chemistry is where it's at. We don't know why those hydrogen protons in there catalyse as many reactions as they do.
- stuffhappens, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Have I missed something?
Has WaterOS 0.99beta been released? Is there an Ajax module for water, a patent issue? are the **AA going after water for burbling like a song by Daniel O'Donnell? Has someone modded water to add ice blue LEDs or is there a security vulnerability in water?
Oh, I see - someone found an article on water. How nice - brownspank, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Wait for it, wait for it...
- BarriedaleNick, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Yeah after all it's not science is it - oh er....
- crythias, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Sorry, but I just have to do it...
As science goes, so goes the country? I, for one, welcome our water-knowledge-ignorant-scientist overlords.
In Soviet Russia, water forgets what it knows about you!
A roundhouse kick by Chuck Norris will help you forget what you know about H20! -
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