A chemical substance with the chemical formula H₂O, and an important biological solvent.
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Is drinking collected rain water proven to be beneficial for your health?
Rain is liquid water in the form of droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then precipitated—that is, become heavy enough to fall under gravity.
After reading the article Drinking Rain Water, I was wondering about its…
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Does drinking hot water have positive health effects?
A related question (Does drinking warm or hot water aid in digestion?) asks about the effects of hot water on digestion. I recently came across an article that claimed a much larger set of benefits. Are there any non-digestive effects of drinking…
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Do lakes and seaside areas have less snow? Why?
A friend claimed that areas near lakes or the sea have less snow, a theory she heard on a visit to Lancaster, England, which is near the Lake District as well as the Irish Sea and so would feel the effect of this phenomenon.
I’ve reviewed the…
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Are we running out of drinking water so that we need to be frugal with it?
I’ve read in the news that a majority of earth’s population might run out of drinking water. As with many of these kind of predictions it’s difficult to judge the urgency and correctness of it without spending a huge amount of time on it.
From the…
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Does drinking water from plastic bottles contaminate your blood?
I wanted to know if there is any research on the issue Daniel Vitalis raises on bottling water here (5th minute and on). He claims that if one drinks water bottled in plastic bottles one will eventually have plastic in his blood. Another claim is…
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Does "hard water" cause eczema?
Hard water is drinking water that is high in minerals.
According to Wikipedia
The World Health Organization says that "there does not appear to be any convincing evidence that water hardness causes adverse health effects in humans"
but it also…
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Will individuals respond differently to homeopathic remedies prepared with unboiled vs. boiled water?
Related: Does water have a memory as claimed in homeopathy?
I recently watched a debate between Ben Goldacre and Peter Fischer on homeopathy. During the course of the debate, an audience member asked, "If water has a memory, how come you're not…
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Does drinking water (or Sports Drink) improve performance during sports activities?
I have been looking for some concrete study about the performance changes during sports when drinking water or a sports drink while doing the sport. Not after, not before. While, or during, if you prefer the wording.
I have found some studies that…
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Are all snowflakes unique?
It's often been told to me that all snowflakes are unique. It's led to the phrase "special snowflake" to describe something or someone who is unique/distinct from all others. Even Wikipedia states:
Snowflakes are also seen as a symbol of…
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Is the water used in coal burning power plants "never returned to the environment"?
According to a Duke University press release titled Replacing Coal with Gas or Renewables Saves Billions of Gallons of Water:
Water consumption – the amount of water used by a power plant and never returned to the environment – drops by 260…
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Does salt (or sodium) not make you thirsty?
This is from a Toronto MS thesis:
High dietary sodium intake is hypothesized to increase food intake (FI), fluid intake and
glycemic response. Two short-term randomized repeated-measures studies measured the effects
of acute sodium intake on FI,…
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Does atmospheric water contain minerals?
Scalene Aquaria sell a machine that collects from moisture from the air.
They describe a nine-stage process - most of it looks like hogwash, but this one made me more curious:
The Eighth stage is essential and trace minerals balancing. Balanced…
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Is there any scientific basis to this "catalytic converter" to treat hard water?
I came across this product called Softer Water Conditioners. It includes a lot of scientific sounding mumbo-jumbo to explain how it works, which raises my skepticism. Is there any scientific basis to this device, or this is just yet another…
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Can current flooding in California end the years-long drought?
California has been stricken by severe drought for years now, to the point that the governor has been required to mandate water rationing. In an Accuweather piece about the storm currently ravaging the west coast of the US, senior meteorologist Alex…
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Is soap foam better for cleaning than soapy water?
Most people who wash something using soap (e.g. the dishes), seem to believe that the bubbles contribute a great deal in the actual cleaning. This is not something I explicitly saw written down somewhere, but looking at how people (including me)…
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