Water is a simple molecule with amazing properties. It appeared in the Universe after the birth of the first stars and determined the existence of all life on Earth and our civilization. Today we will talk about water and physics, space, progress and, of course, the Roman Empire. Interesting facts about water and ice that you did not know are in the new issue on the channel Redaktsiya.Nauka. Why does literally everything depend on two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom? How is water structured, what makes it unique? Are there any alternatives to water? How did water appear on planet Earth and become the engine of politics and economics? What role did the water wheel and steam engine play in industrialization? Engineer and teacher Alexander Kalyuzhnyuk finds out. Be careful: this issue contains a huge number of references to our previous videos! Support "Redaktsiya.Nauka": 💰 from Russia — via the Boosty service: https://boosty.to/rnauka 💰 from abroad — via the "Sponsorship" function on YouTube: / @r_nauka Follow new releases and additional materials on social networks Redaktsiya.Nauka: 🔵 https://t.me/redakciya_nauka 🔷 https://vk.com/public213756852 🔵 Sasha Kalyuzhnyuk's blog https://bit.ly/3P8G6kQ Timecodes 0:00 Main questions of the issue 1:37 Hydrogen bond — the main secret of water 3:51 Why is ice lighter than water? 5:35 How to build a laboratory out of snow 8:56 An aircraft carrier made of... ice and sawdust 10:01 19 types of ice — almost according to Vonnegut 12:11 Why water is an excellent solvent 14:15 Surface tension of water: not ordinary, but not anomalous either 15:35 Hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces: amazing properties 16:09 "Dry water" is a very strange liquid 19:12 How ice affects the climate 20:11 How water appeared in the Universe 23:11 Unusual ice on Uranus 23:41 Where does so much water on Earth come from? 28:37 Water on the Moon and Mars 30:54 Alternatives to water: life based on carbon dioxide? 35:11 Water as a resource lever in politics 37:12 Water is the engine of civilization: irrigation theory 38:36 Water and mythology 39:55 Water telegraph and hydraulic lever: technologies of antiquity 41:33 Water wheel - the engine of progress 42:19 Steam engine and industrial revolution 44:01 What do a samovar and a nuclear reactor have in common 45:50 Heavy water: a strategic resource of World War II 46:47 Hydrogen fuel - the future of humanity? #water #science #editorialscience Thanks to our speakers for taking part in the filming: Filipp Ryabov, engineer-physicist, specialist in numerical modeling Alexey Ekaikin, polar explorer, glaciologist and climatologist Mikhail Nikitin, senior researcher at the A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical and Chemical Biology, author of the book "The Origin of Life: From Nebula to Cell" This is the "Editorial.Science" channel. Here we will explain scientific concepts in simple language, teach you to ask questions of yourself and the world and always remain curious. We have always taught you to draw conclusions on your own, and today, more than ever, it is important to maintain critical thinking. Science teaches us to doubt and not to accept hypotheses without sufficient evidence.