Note: DON’T try this experiment at home. Our toilets put up with a lot, they deserve better than to be blown apart. Everybody’s probably familiar with the colloquial phrase “praying to the porcelain ...

Leave it up to the experts and a special standalone test toilet to find out what happens when you flush sodium down the loo. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist ...

One day, our wimpy teacher decided to show us the "sliver of sodium in a water trough" experiment, so he donned protective goggles, erected a safety screen and proceeded to bore us all ...

Researchers have created metallic water for the first time. Through a very careful experimental setup, the team grew a thin layer of a gold-colored metallic water on the outside of a droplet of liquid ...

Every cell in the body needs water to survive, but it's possible to get too much or too little of the liquid, and that can cause some pretty serious problems. The body's fluid balance is not only ...

July 6 (UPI) --Alkaline. Electrolyte. Flavored. Walk down the beverage aisle and you'll find all kinds of waters promising extra health perks. But are these fancy waters really better for you? Not ...

BOSTON — Environmentalists and fishermen are pushing back against a plan from a group of scientists who want to dump more than 60,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide, more commonly known as lye, into the ...