Vital for life, heat and power – what you never knew about salt water
- Written by Timothy Duignan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Energy Storage , The University of Queensland
Salt water is fun to swim in – but it also carries the electrical signals vital for life. Raphael Nogueira/Unsplash, CC BY
Your tongue is a salt detector – it dissolves the solid salt crystals sprinkled on your chips to create an intense flavour sensation.
But salt is way more important than just being a food additive.
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