Tag: Lawn

What happens when lawn sprinklers suck in water?

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Physicists are fascinated with heady puzzles, from the nature of space and time to how the universe came to be. But spinning lawn sprinklers? Yes, that too.

A new experiment provides an answer to a quirky physics quandary popularized by physicist Richard Feynman in the 1980s. The puzzle centers on a style of sprinkler that works by squirting water out the ends of an S-shaped tube. The sprinkler spins away from the escaping water due to conservation of angular momentum.

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Replacing Your Lawn? Try Planting Pawpaw or Persimmon Trees

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Your first taste of a ripe pawpaw or persimmon can leave you hungry for more. That’s why Michael Judd is confident that he can persuade you to make room for several of these trees in your front yard — or even to surrender your lawn altogether.

Turning your yard into a meadow or blanketing it in an expanse of alternative ground covers aren’t the only ecologically viable options for replacing conventional grass.

Mr. Judd, an edible landscape designer and permaculturist,

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Kyle Busch überwindet „Lawn Dart“-Crash mit Top-5-Platzierung

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Kyle Busch winkt den NASCAR-Fans in Chicago zu.

Kyle Busch landete am 2. Juli, seinem sechsten in dieser Saison, auf den Straßen von Chicago unter den ersten Fünf. Dies krönte einen wilden Tag, der mit einem „Rasen-Dart“-Unfall begann und mit einem frühen Boxenstopp weiterging.

Der zweifache Champion der Cup-Serie verlor in den ersten Runden die Kontrolle über den Chevrolet Camaro Nr. 8 von Richard Childress Racing, wodurch er in die Reifenpanne rutschte. Er vergrub das Serienauto bis zur Windschutzscheibe,

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