Let me get this straight: We can send a man to the moon (don't you love that antique phrase?) but no one can find a definitive answer regarding the science of water?
I found some articles, but still, I would think that they physical properties of water had pretty much been explored.
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physic...hot_water.html
http://itotd.com/articles/521/water-...boiling-myths/
Classic is right: this is not unlike the treadmill arguments.