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Notwithstanding the error, the properties described seem like they might be useful in some contexts, eg the low freezing point.
Yes, but I don't think there was anything new about adding salt to water to lower the freezing point.
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Then there was the part where the scientists resigned/were forced to resign. That part was truly overkill.
better than the ones that could be criminally convicted for earthquake prediction failures. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-23/italian-scientists-con...
Now, I think it's still open for debate whether what the scientists did justifies charges of manslaughter, but the idea that they were charged merely for failing to predict earthquakes is very wrong.
In that case as in the Poly-water case, the reason for the initial strange results turned out to be contamination of the Samples. In the Arsenic Life case however the authors continue to deny it and still claim their results are valid. The lead author is now attached to a prestigious institution still doing "science".
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better than the ones that could be criminally convicted for earthquake prediction failures. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-23/italian-scientists-con...
That case is more complicated. Notwithstanding the screwed up nature of the Italian courts, those scientists didn't just fail to predict an earthquake they actively encouraged people to ignore the danger. The scientists in question claimed that the tremors removed energy from the fault zone and actually made the situation safer and that there was "no danger". Now, I think it's still open for debate whether what the s…
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Actually a single water molecule is held together by covalent bonds between the O and two H's, and hydrogen bonds (not Van der Waals) are the intermolecular forces responsible for the properties like surface tension and high boiling point.
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Yeah, I was thinking that the plot sounded interesting and I should look for the book... then he said how it ends. Poop.
I thought the whole Ice-Nine thing in Cat's Cradle was pretty famous by this point. It's like Janet Leigh dying in the shower in Psycho — everyone knows about the twist, but they like it anyway.
When ever I read articles like this, as well as they are written, I always feel like cutting to the chase: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polywater
Ugh!
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I thought the whole Ice-Nine thing in Cat's Cradle was pretty famous by this point. It's like Janet Leigh dying in the shower in Psycho — everyone knows about the twist, but they like it anyway.
How many pop culture references to Cat's Cradle have you seen? Even that shower scene - I've seen references, jokes, even the scene but I have not seen the film and don't know who Janet Leigh is. And don't say everyone. There are people who have not even heard of Psycho and there are people who REALLY hate spoilers.
what a load of bull.
EDIT: it might not have been cold fusion, but other scientists sure were able to reproduce their results.