Here’s the Thing: The power of water and the runaway pontoon

Water. More than 70 percent of Earth’s surface is covered with it. Men’s bodies are 60 percent water; women’s, 55 percent. A human can live only three to five days without consuming it through high-water-content foods, as beverages, or in an intravenous drip.  Water is a solvent. We dissolve sugar in water to feed hummingbirds;…