Has anyone ever heard of "deionized water?" It's basically water that chemists and scientists use that has all the elements found in tap water, like calcium, fluoride, (lead), and any microbial life taken out of it. You can also get super-pure DI water, which is literally H2O with a guarantee of nothing else in it.
If you let DI water sit in a sterile container in your garage for one trillion years, there would still not be anything in your DI water.
So every time I read yet another article about "liquid water found on (insert celestial object here)", I just roll my eyes. There is a reason life evolved in the "primordial ooze", not in the "primordial purified water."
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Monday, 7 December 2009
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