This article was originally published with the title “ Experiments upon the Use or Salt-water in Steam Boilers ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 8 No. 38 (June 1853), p. 302 doi:10.1038 ...

Fill 1/4th of the jar with Himalayan salt and rest of it with water. Shake the jar with lid over it and let it rest overnight. In the morning, you will notice that the water will be fully saturated.

Fresh water quenches thirst almost instantly, but salt water doesn't. New research shows how cells in the gut and on the tongue help the brain keep just the right concentration of salt in our bodies.

"It's a diluted solution of just salt water essentially, so that is not as high of a concentration of salt," Green said. The EPA found pretreatment can lead to a 40 to 62 percent reduction in the ...