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Scientists Blasted Water With Light 10 Billion Times Brighter Than Sunlight. It Still Didn't Evaporate Faster.

One of science's defining aspects is that its findings and ideas are open to empirical debate.  But with plate tectonics and feathered dinosaurs firmly entrenched, the next point of debate may hinge upon the possibly revolutionary suggestion that light can evaporate water – but not by heating it.  Discovering a new type of evaporation after all this time would be startling.

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