A Bizarre New Form of Liquid Water Is Discovered

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By Tia Ghose, Senior Writer | June 26, 2017 03:16pm ET


Liquid water comes in two forms — low density and high density, scientists have found.

The findings add to the anomalous properties of this ubiquitous, life-giving liquid, which is like no other on Earth.

"The new remarkable property is that we find that water can exist as two different liquids at low temperatures where ice crystallization is slow," Anders Nilsson, a chemical physicist at Stockholm University in Sweden, said in a statement. [The Mysterious Physics of 7 Everyday Things]

Essential element for life

Water is essential for life (at least on Earth). And wherever liquid water exists — whether it's in icebound lakes or scalding hydrothermal vents — tiny microbes have been found. That is why scientists have been excited by the possibility of salty water flows and other evidence of ancient water on Mars — it means there may well have been life early on in the Red Planet's history.

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1. Just stay away from Ice Nine!

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut.

However, Bokononism may be our salvation at the end of days, and the Grand Ah-Whoom. Just remember to thumb your nose to the heavens as Bokonon wisely suggests.