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