About a month ago I wrote about a motor-less water pump. Moving water from one location to another has always been important, even more so, uphill. Water is an element we have been trying to harness since we grew out of a single-cell organism. Water gives us life, helps us to cultivate life, and feed life. This is why I found this next video fascinating. What if we could convert, and even store, the energy of water for later use. We often covert the energy of water into...

Yesterday, April 30, a study on the increased risk of cancer from drinking California tap water made the news cycle. The news report, as we've come to expect, focused on grabbing your attention with a catchy headline: "Drinking California tap water for long period of time could increase cancer risk, study says" Don't humans need to drink water for long periods of time (without water we die in days)? Reading the article didn't provide much context either. The article cherry-picked quotes or statements which made very little sense...

As crazy as that may sound, that water bottle you carry in your car to cool you off, could end up roasting your vehicle. Though the risk is low, under certain conditions, the water in the bottle can act as a magnifying glass for the Sun light. At minimum, you could end up with a burn mark in your interior. But if luck is not on your side, with the right cabin temperature and Sun light intensity, that burn mark can turn into a fire. The solution is...