Watch: Tricks You Probably Had No Idea You Could Do with Water

Watch: Tricks You Probably Had No Idea You Could Do with Water

Video shows a few tricks involving water that can easily be performed by the not-so-mad scientists of the world

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 8th, 2014
How Dust and Solar Wind Got Together to Birth Water on the Moon

How Dust and Solar Wind Got Together to Birth Water on the Moon

Study says most of the water in the soil covering the surface of the Moon didn't get there via comets or meteorites

Salt Used to Make Alcohol Droplets Navigate a Maze on Their Own

Salt Used to Make Alcohol Droplets Navigate a Maze on Their Own

Researchers say such moving droplets could one day be used to deliver medicine to very specific targets

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 26th, 2014
Earth's Water Is Way Older than the Sun, Originates in Interstellar Space

Earth's Water Is Way Older than the Sun, Originates in Interstellar Space

Carnegie Institution researchers claim much of the water in our Solar System likely comes from interstellar space

Steamy Water Vapor Documented on Planet 120 Light-Years from Earth

Steamy Water Vapor Documented on Planet 120 Light-Years from Earth

The celestial body is the smallest planet outside the Solar System thus far documented to hold water vapor

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 16th, 2014
Cell-like Structure That Once Held Water Found in Martian Meteorite

Cell-like Structure That Once Held Water Found in Martian Meteorite

The meteorite accommodating for this structure is estimated to be about 1.3 billion years old, its nickname is Nakhla

Ice Clouds Found to Hover Over Brown Dwarf Outside the Solar System

Ice Clouds Found to Hover Over Brown Dwarf Outside the Solar System

Such clouds have never before been found on a body orbiting a star other than our Sun

Photo of the Day: Melt Pond in the Arctic Is Mindbogglingly Blue

Photo of the Day: Melt Pond in the Arctic Is Mindbogglingly Blue

The pond in this photo was caught on camera by NASA's ER-2 aircraft this past July 16

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 25th, 2014
Hot Planets Not Far from Earth Are Mind-Bogglingly Dry

Hot Planets Not Far from Earth Are Mind-Bogglingly Dry

The planets have recently been studied with the help of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 1st, 2014
Comet Found to Release Two Glasses Worth of Water Every Second

Comet Found to Release Two Glasses Worth of Water Every Second

Researchers estimate the comet could fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool in 100 days

Purifier Promises to Deliver Vegetarian Water

Purifier Promises to Deliver Vegetarian Water

Vegetarian water is water that contains no microorganisms whatsoever

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 18th, 2014
Dying Stars Said to Contribute to the Formation of Water in the Universe

Dying Stars Said to Contribute to the Formation of Water in the Universe

Researchers find molecule vital for the creation of water can be birthed by such stars

  • Nature
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 13th, 2014
Earth's Largest Water Reservoir Found Hidden Under the US

Earth's Largest Water Reservoir Found Hidden Under the US

There is only one problem: the ingredients for water are bound up in rock

Gwyneth Paltrow Is Now Saying Water Has Feelings

Gwyneth Paltrow Is Now Saying Water Has Feelings

Hold on to you hats, Paltrow just keeps saying more and more outrageous stuff like that

Researchers Figure Out a Way to Turn Cow Manure into Drinking Water

Researchers Figure Out a Way to Turn Cow Manure into Drinking Water

The technology would especially come in handy in areas affected by drought

American Photographer Documents the Effects of Ocean Pollution on Birds

American Photographer Documents the Effects of Ocean Pollution on Birds

Chris Jordan photographed rotting corpses of albatross chicks filled with plastic

South African Artist Uses Photo Manipulation to Create Amazing Paint in Water Sculptures

South African Artist Uses Photo Manipulation to Create Amazing Paint in Water Sculptures

Chris Slabber forms distinctive human figures or body shapes in billows of paint

 
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