When we think of memory, most of us think of only living things but believe it or not some inanimate things like water can remember a thing or two. Twenty years ago, in the summer of 1988, the science world was rocked by one of the most controversial research papers ever published in the highly-respected journal Nature. According to a charismatic French scientist named Jacques Benveniste , pure water could somehow remember what it had previously contained. Benveniste had started with a substance that caused an allergic reaction, he diluted it over and over again until there was nothing left except water, and then he observed that the pure water still managed to trigger an allergic reaction when it was added to living cells. If the experiment was correct then it would mean rewriting the laws of physics and chemistry. Moreover, the research would have a major impact on the credibility of homeopathy, because it is a form of alternative medicine that relies on remedies made by diluting th...
