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1 .This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This'll just take a minute.
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2 .If you've ever had a garden or grown flowers in a window box,
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3 .you've probably heard that you shouldn't water your plants at high noon because their leaves might scorch.
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4 .Now a study in a journal called New Phytologist confirms that water droplets can focus sunlight to the point that it burns, a finding that applies to plants and to people.
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5 .Check any gardening blog and the question of whether water can burn comes up with some regularity.
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6 .But the problem had never been thoroughly tested.
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7 .So scientists at Eotvos University in Budapest decided to do just that.
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8 .And they found that the results depend on how hairy you are.
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9 .On leaves that are really smooth, like those from a maple tree, water doesn't do much damage.
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10 .But leaves that have tons of tiny hairs, like a fern, can hold spherical water droplets in focus above a leaf's surface.
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11 .Those drops act like mini magnifying glasses, focusing the sunbeams on an area that will subsequently fry.
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12 .And the same is true on you.
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13 .Cooling off in the pool might seem like a stellar idea.
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14 .But the resulting water droplets, propped up by your body hair, poolside, could turn you from lounger to lobster
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15 .Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin.
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