/oss/taxonomy/term/2417/all en /oss/article/health-technology-you-asked/water-dehumidifier-drinkable <p>Whether water from a dehumidifier is drinkable depends how clean you keep your tank and how long the water has been sitting around. The water the dehumidifier collects is actually very clean water; comparable to distilled water. Let’s consider for a minute how a dehumidifier works. Think of it as a refrigerator with the cooling coils exposed to the air. Water vapour from the air condenses on the coils and drips into a tank. The condensed water is pure because when the water originally evaporated into the air, it left its impurities and minerals behind. So providing your coils are clean, you</p> Thu, 05 Jul 2018 16:26:02 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 7161 at /oss /oss/article/did-you-know-history/standing-tall <p>There are many good reasons why living organisms are adept at moving themselves around without tripping or falling all the time. This was such a crucial skill for survival that early on in our evolutionary history, the primitive brains of our ancestors were primarily concerned with coordinating muscles and senses. Any creature that fell over too much was eaten by predators pretty quickly, creating a strong evolutionary pressure toward animals that could move reliably.</p> Tue, 23 May 2017 16:42:57 +0000 OSS 2476 at /oss