MOLINE, Ill. — I'm no biology or neuroscience expert, but it was interesting to find this particular question sitting in the "Ask Andrew" pile today dealing with our perception of wetness. We deal ...

When you put your hand in water, you know it's wet. When you step outside on a humid day, you feel wetness against your skin. When you sweat, it feels wet running down your face. But how exactly do ...

Plant diseases limit the output of agricultural workers and cause hundreds of billions of dollars in global crop production loss each year. When plants get wet they are at risk of contracting diseases ...

We're all guilty of replying something like "in other news, water's wet" when someone states the obvious. However, is water truly wet, or does it just make something else wet? The answer may not be as ...

Effective cleaning and disinfection is important in healthcare to reduce the risks of infection. To ensure that a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-approved hard surface disinfectant kills ...

Water is everywhere. It covers over 70% of the Earth’s surface, and it’s an essential component of life. It’s in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the beverages we drink. We all know what water ...

The reason why water feels wet to humans is more complicated than you might think. Although we come into contact with it on an almost daily basis, our skin does not actually have receptors that sense ...

At first glance, whether water is wet seems like the simplest of questions with an answer rooted in direct experience. If it’s raining and you forget your umbrella, you get soaked—thus, water is wet.