Living that aqua vitae (water life)

In grade school, we learn about the solid, liquid, and gas form of water and assume we know everything. Turns out, that's totally wrong! There's a lot that we don't know about water molecules. but don't worry, we have PhD student Memo here to get us up to speed on his research. Suggested Reading: Intro to ultrafast spectroscopy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D8BFQzSyDw Interview with Memo's undergrad advisor on water: http://nautil.us/issue/25/water/ingenious-richard-saykally Research from Memo's lab: https://phys.org/news/2018-08-reveals-proton-hydration-asymmetric.html Follow Memo Carpenter: @wmcarpenter760 Follow me: [email protected], @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/ Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing