The Cool Science Stuff Thread

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You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.
--- W. C. Fields
 
100% of people exposed to water will die?

It rained the other day, but I didn't die. Snowed yesterday, but still no death. Shower this morning, nada on the deadness.



Could thor and the Internet be wrong?
 
100% of people exposed to water will die?

It rained the other day, but I didn't die. Snowed yesterday, but still no death. Shower this morning, nada on the deadness.



Could thor and the Internet be wrong?

Sir,

You will die. I will die. Everyone will die.

Respectfully,

t
 

Public Service Announcement


Beware Dihydrogen Monoxide !!


Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO) is a colorless and odorless chemical compound, also referred to by some as Dihydrogen Oxide, Hydrogen Hydroxide, Hydronium Hydroxide, or simply Hydric acid. Its basis is the highly reactive hydroxyl radical, a species shown to mutate DNA, denature proteins, disrupt cell membranes, and chemically alter critical neurotransmitters. The atomic components of DHMO are found in a number of caustic, explosive and poisonous compounds such as Sulfuric Acid, Nitroglycerine and Ethyl Alcohol.



 
Public Service Announcement


Beware Dihydrogen Monoxide !!


Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO) is a colorless and odorless chemical compound, also referred to by some as Dihydrogen Oxide, Hydrogen Hydroxide, Hydronium Hydroxide, or simply Hydric acid. Its basis is the highly reactive hydroxyl radical, a species shown to mutate DNA, denature proteins, disrupt cell membranes, and chemically alter critical neurotransmitters. The atomic components of DHMO are found in a number of caustic, explosive and poisonous compounds such as Sulfuric Acid, Nitroglycerine and Ethyl Alcohol.




Sometimes, a bit of CO2 is sequestered into the stuff and cheap scotch is added for flavor.
 
Earthquakes Turn Water Into Gold

Earthquakes have the Midas touch, a new study claims.

Water in faults vaporizes during an earthquake, depositing gold, according to a model published in the March 17 issue of the journal Nature Geoscience. The model provides a quantitative mechanism for the link between gold and quartz seen in many of the world's gold deposits, said Dion Weatherley, a geophysicist at the University of Queensland in Australia and lead author of the study.
 
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