Water has some pretty amazing properties. We dive into some of the strange things water does from the molecular level all the way to planet scale water flows. We all know H2O but studying the way water molecules move around each other is very difficult to isolate. H2O molecules had to be taken to 0.4 Kelvin and shot with a powerful laser to shed light on the way they shake. The way H2O interacts between molecules by moving, rotating and shaking can help explain some of the weird properties. H2O has weird properties like being at its highest density at 4 degrees. Turning salt water into fresh water often involves a lot of electricity, but a new method using Ionic salts may get by with barely any heat. How can water make its way down towards the core of the earth? Water masqueraded inside minerals to migrate deep down beneath the surface of the earth.
Episode 397 - Ignobel Prize '20 - Physics
Episode 396 - Is that food safe to eat
Episode 395 - Learning from unusual plants
Episode 394 - Travelling through time with telescopes
Episode 393 - Microbial life in a teaspoon of the ocean
Episode 392 - How brains process and overload of information
Episode 391 - Mysteries of the sun, stellar weather and magnetic fields
Episode 390 - Cool fabrics, melting ice and recycling e-waste
Episode 389 - Chronic Pain, Ears, Long lasting Electrodes
Episode 388 - Cleaning, drinking and shaping water
Episode 387 - Black holes dancing, colliding and third wheeling
Episode 386 - T-rex, Raptors and Giant Squid go a hunting
Episode 385 - Understanding what makes water stick together
Episode 384 - Plants regenerating and fighting off invaders
Episode 383 - Pulsars and fast radio bursts
Episode 382 - Animals keeping watch on our environment
Episode 381 - A good nights sleep and finding it hard to wake up in the morning
Episode 380 - New comets, touching an asteroid and the moon
Episode 379 - Colourful feathers on dinosaurs and birds today
Episode 378 - Maple Syrup Golden tongues and antioxidants
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