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What's Really in Swimming Pools?
Science Start with water. Add chlorine, sweat and urine. What you get may be a soup of nasty byproducts Do you smell chlorine when you swim in an indoor pool? Maybe it's not chlorine after all....
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Bomber Tank Becomes Wading Pool
Technology A look back at the PopSci DIY archives ** July 1947:** "Warplane wing tanks, which can be picked up as war surplus for about $5, make excellent back-yard wading pools. The pool shown was...
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Theme Building: Leisure-Time Robots
Technology Robots to shuffle your cards, play you in a game of billiards and sink puts from the green Vegas card dealers make it look easy, but sliding a uniform number of cards to a set number of...
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Video: Willow Garage Robot Learns How to Play Pool in Just One Week
Technology Proving that robots really do have a place at the pub -- time to change your archaic anti-droid policies, Mos Eisley Cantina -- the team over at Willow Garage has programmed… Proving that...
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Nasty Pool-Dwelling Parasite Is On The Rise
Health More incidents of diarrhea, just in time for summer If you’re headed to the pool to beat the summer heat, just try not to swallow the water: the number of incidents of the parasite...
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This Is Why You Should Not Pee In The Pool
Science Cleaning compounds combine with urine and create toxins No matter your age or where you’re from, it’s very likely that you have peed in a pool at least once in your life. If you have, then stop.
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How To Create Vortex Rings In Your Swimming Pool
DIY An easy backyard physics experiment Dianna Cowern created vortex rings in a friend's backyard swimming pool.
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Swimming pools are full of poop, but they probably won't make you sick
Health They're still gross, though. Sure, ten grams of poo can wash off a little kid's butt—but only a tiny percentage of pool-goers ever get sick from it.
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Peeing in the pool is actually really bad for you
Ask Us Anything And everyone else. The chemical byproducts that result from your urine and the chlorine aren’t as benign as you may think. Read on.
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What parents need to know about 'dry drowning'
Health Secondary and dry drowning are rare, but extremely serious. This type of drowning is extremely rare. But knowing the causes and symptoms can allow parents to remain at ease—and know what to do...
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