MIT engineers have created a portable device that zaps seawater to produce drinking water

MIT engineers have created a portable device that zaps seawater to produce drinking water

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A team of MIT scientists has created a device that turns brackish seawater into drinking water with the push of a button – and may be especially useful for people living in seaside regions like California who face droughts fueled by climate change. The new desalination device (a term used to describe a machine capable…

I drank a ‘poo’ smoothie that gave me life-threatening diarrhea – for science

I drank a ‘poo’ smoothie that gave me life-threatening diarrhea – for science

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Would you do it for money? Jake Eberts, 26, agreed to drink a life-threatening concoction of a cloudy, salty liquid containing Shigella bacteria, commonly found in the “poop” of infected people – all in the name of science. He swallowed a quantity of liquid in a shot glass, knowing it would produce a miserable case…