water
A gruesome death: the macabre science of dehydration
You are only ever a few days away from your demise.
Water recycling: “Toilet to tap” is future of clean drinking water
As droughts threaten water supplies across the planet, some municipalities aim to utilize an untapped resource: sewage water.
This ‘brine electrolyzer’ can mine oxygen, hydrogen from water on Mars
Scientists at Washington University are patenting a new electrolyzer designed for frigid Martian water.
Stanford engineers develop new light and sound tech to finally map the ocean floor
A clever new design introduces a way to image the vast ocean floor.
Water can become two different liquids, prove researchers
Scientists discover that under certain conditions two kinds of water exist.
Water may naturally occur as rocky planets form, new study suggests
An ancient Martian meteorite carries with it some compelling implications.
There may be 300 million habitable planets in our galaxy
A new study from NASA and the SETI Institute comes up with an exciting number of potentially life-supporting planets.
The Earth may have been wet from the very start
A new study finds the rocks that first formed Earth carried with them enough hydrogen for three times the water we have today.
Water heist: Up to half of the world’s supply is being stolen, study finds
A new study examines the under-researched area of water theft around the world.
Here’s a map of Mars with as much water as Earth
A 71% wet Mars would have two major land masses and one giant 'Medimartian Sea.'
Giant whale sharks have teeth on their eyeballs
The ocean's largest shark relies on vision more than previously believed.
New algorithm computes how to find those lost at sea
Researchers devise an effective new predictive tool for maritime first-responders.
Chemistry for kids: Make a DIY bubble snake!
A fun and completely safe experiment for the family to try during quarantine.
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An Alaskan landslide is imminent and so is its tsunami, say geologists
An open letter predicts that a massive wall of rock is about to plunge into Barry Arm Fjord in Alaska.
Is poop-filled drinking water what killed ancient giant sloths?
Researchers think they know how a group of ancient sloths, who died thousands of years ago in Ecuador, met their untimely end.
New fossils reveal first known swimming dinosaur
Non-avian dinosaurs were thought terrestrially bound, but newly unearthed fossils suggest they conquered prehistoric waters, too.
Urine survey reveals Europe’s favorite drugs
Coke, meth, ecstasy, amphetamines: each drug has a different 'capital'
1,000 years from now, lego bricks could be found in the ocean
A new study says that it could be centuries before millions of the classic toys submerged in the Earth's seas disintegrate.
‘Waterworld’ was a documentary? Geologists think Earth could have once been 100% ocean
The Hollywood blockbuster may have been right, if only 3.2 billion years off the mark.
Mystery virus found with mostly unknown DNA
The origin and phylogeny of the Yaravirus are not yet clear.
North Atlantic Current could stop within the next century
New research suggests the ocean current that delivers warm water to Europe has a one-in-six chance of halting temporarily over the next hundred years, potentially resulting in freezing temperatures.
New membrane enables us to harvest ‘osmotic’ energy from water
You've likely heard of solar energy, but what is osmotic energy?
Is it possible to have too many trees?
Thinning forests in the Western United States can save billions of gallons of water per year and improve conservation efforts.
California bill to ban single-use plastic by 2030 failed to pass
After China stopped accepting recylables, California was put in a tough place.
MIT launches a fleet of Transformer boats
Clusters of bot boats may offer cities dynamic solutions to rising waters.
The next clean energy source? Snow.
Researchers from UCLA invent a device that generates electricity from a rather unusual source.
Solar-powered desalination plant in Kenya gives fresh water to 25,000 people a day
Turning salt water into fresh water with the power of the sun.
What is the Halliburton loophole?
A loophole signed into law during the Bush administration has been fiendishly tough to close.
Amid obesity epidemic, many American kids are still ditching water
A new research letter points to another reason for childhood obesity.