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อานนท์ บุณยะรัตเวช และ มลนิภา ศิลาอาสน์ 103 วารสารราชบัณฑิตยสภา ปีที่ ๔๐ ฉบับที่ ๑ ม.ค.-มี.ค. ๒๕๕๘ Abstract Water: A Miracle from the Universe to Molecules and from Molecules to Life and Health Ahnond Bunyaratvej Associate Fellow of the Academy of Science, The Royal Society, Thailand PYY Foundation (Foundation for Sustainable Development) Monnipha Sila-asna The project of Health Product Development Center, Faculty of Agricultural Technology and Food, Rajabhat Pibulsongkram University PYY Foundation (Foundation for Sustainable Development) Water, the foundation of life on earth, could play contributing role in life evolution of tremendous numbers of species, including humanity, Homo sapien . Compared among living creatures, human is considered as the new comer on this planet. Surprisingly, physical ability and human wisdom could generate impact upon nature and environmental changes. So far, the management of nature in relation to water done by human has not yet reached the properly manipulated target. According to a forecast, by the year 2025, more than half of the world population will be facing the problems of water crisis. Water requirement in many developing countries will be increased up to more than 50% by the year 2030. Water resource is then becoming the major factor for global economics and agriculture. Nowadays, the majority of global people could consume clean water. Nevertheless, one billion people could not access clean drinking water, and insufficient sanitary of water system is now a problem of two and a half billion people. While at present, water management is targeted to accessibility of clean water, many researchers raise the question, “What is the meaning of clean water?” As a matter of fact, the value and meaning of clean water are far beyond our perception. Human wisdom has not yet totally penetrated to the nature of water. An attempt to gather pieces of jigsaw of water information from the universe down to cells and molecules, including our research data, has been done to challenge inspiration and attitude towards the dimension of “the truth of water”. Keywords : water, cell, molecule, health