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How does a magneto work?
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I am curious about the ignition system in my lawn mower. I know that a spark plug creates a high-voltage spark, and I know in my car the electricity for the spark comes from the battery. My lawn mower doesn't have a battery, so where does the electricty come from?
How does a rebreather work?
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Unlike a regular SCUBA regulator which creates bubbles when the person wearing the apparatus exhales, a rebreather produces no bubbles when someone exhales. What exactly is a rebreather and how does it work?
How does a speedometer in an airplane work?
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How does a speedometer in an airplane work?
How does an afterburner work?
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Afterburners allow a jet plane to take off from a short runway, such as the deck of an aircraft carrier. What, exactly, is an afterburner and how do they work? Learn the answer to this question in this article from HowStuffWorks.
How does chlorine work to clean swimming pools?
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How does chlorine work to clean swimming pools?
How does desalination work?
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Desalination is the process of removing salt from water. Learn about desalination in this article from HowStuffWorks.
How does glow-in-the-dark stuff work?
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You can find glow-in-the-dark item everywhere these days. Have you ever wondered how these items produce their light? Find out the answer to that question in this article.
How does hemp work?
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How does hemp work? What do rope and "organic clothes" and drugs have to do with each other?
How does natural gas drilling work?
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When you switch on your furnace or turn on your gas stove and use the heat from that little blue flame, you're doing what people in 62 million other American homes do every day, too: You're using natural gas.
How does nuclear waste disposal work?
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Nuclear waste epitomizes the double-edged sword of modern technology. It's a toxic and radioactive byproduct of nuclear medicine, nuclear weapons manufacturing and nuclear power plants.