June 2008
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NASA Phoenix Mars Lander Confirms Frozen Water →
Phoenix Principal Investigator, Peter Smith:
It is with great pride and a lot of joy that I announce today that we have found proof that this hard bright material is really water ice and not some other substance.
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WatchReuters video: Water-fuel car by Japanese company Genepax.
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Japanese Company Genepax: Car Runs on Water →
From the company website:
Water is our energy solution. Zero Emission is our future We are proud to present our H20 powered electricity generator, the Water Energy System (“WES”).
WES produces electricity and heat from water. No fossil fuels used in the process. CO2 Zero Emission WES will save the earth from Global Warming
More here.
Initially, this sounds brilliant and amazing....
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“For one of the nastiest substances on earth, crude oil has an amazing grip on...”
– Chris Pummer, MarketWatch
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Cry Me A River →
On Justin Timberlake’s 2003 Cry Me A River video, water plays a part both in song lyrics and visually.
The video was directed by Francis Lawrence who commented that the biggest headache was the constantly flowing rain machine. It caused the house to leak, and made the star cold and miserable.
It may be just me but the pouring rain gives the video a certain warmth and a honest and...
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Nikola Tesla: To The Waterfalls and Tides →
I’ve done research about scientists’ references to water.
In 1893, Nikola Tesla presented On Light and Other High Frequence Phenomena:
For our existence and comfort we require heat, light and mechanical power. How do we now get all these? We get them from fuel, we get them by consuming material. What will man do when the forests disappear, when the coal fields are exhausted?
Only...
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Catalyst
Spring with its pleasures and blossoms arrived – the last exams were ahead.
Skipping a morning lecture, I went to the lake to prepare for an exam; there were plenty of time since it would be kept in the afternoon. I was sitting on a pier, reading. The sound of water waves gently dabbling against the wooden structure of the pier made my studying pleasant and more effective. The exam went well. I...
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Water Sculptures by Willian Pye →
From William Pye’s sources of inspiration page:
Although brought up in London, Pye spent a lot of time at his family’s country home in Surrey, and was constantly fascinated by the water that abounded throughout the area.
He captured on camera the local ponds and pools, reflections in still water and on its rippled surfaces, he dammed streams to make cascades and recorded the way...