A chemical substance with the chemical formula H₂O, and an important biological solvent.
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Does boiling water with solid silver kill germs?
I was in China recently, and the tour guide mentioned that in some parts of China, the water quality is not good (due to pollution). To get around this problem, some locals used solid silver and boiled it together with water, so that "germs in the…
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Can we find water with wood sticks?
Many people and websites claim that one can find water with wood sticks (typically Hazel stick shaped in 'Y'). those who seek for water with wood sticks are called "sourcier" in french. As I fail to translate this term I will just use the french…
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Thoughts affect water?
I happened to come across the experiment conducted by Masuru Emoto in which he claims that thoughts affect water. He claims to have taken pictures under a microscope before and after applying mental stimulus(love, hate). Below is the link.
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Has this 2006 experiment about the effect of distant intention on water been challenged?
While researching Masaru Emoto (who I hadn't heard of before today), I found plenty of places where his work was rejected as being only pseudo-scientific, yet I also found this one paper: Double-Blind Test of the Effects of Distant Intention on…
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Does warm water freeze faster than cool water?
I just happened to stumble across a phrase that says so, is it true?
Here is the source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpemba_effect
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