Astronauts on the ISS are experimenting with a form of water that has a strange property: it can help start fire. This fundamental physics investigation could have down-to-Earth benefits such as clean-burning municipal waste disposal and improved saltwater purification.
VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TysrIYJOlpk
FULL STORY: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/10jan_firewater/