Dipping my hand into a pool of macromolecules, aka superabsorbent polymers, aka the swimming pool I briefly installed in my apartment. Credit: THE STRANGER As we near the end of the year, we’re ...

If you could swim in anything, what would it be? We already know that clear putty is not fun and a pool of puppies sounds dangerous. So what about Orbeez? The superabsorbent polymers are tiny balls ...

Watch YouTubers light fireworks, toss in dry ice and conduct other action-packed science experiments in a pool full of tiny water beads. Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, ...

BRIDGETON, Mo. – An investigation is underway after a group fired Orbeez pellets into a crowd at the Bridgeton pool over the weekend. The Bridgeton Police Department is looking for a dark-colored ...

Life is a series of crushing disappointments, and this is no exception: I have recently learned that Orbeez, which are tiny, absorbent polymer balls that expand to 100 times their original size when ...

In almost all circumstances you do not want to lose a bet. However, on rare occasions—if you are smart enough (like, NASA engineer smart)—you can make it so that losing is the same thing as winning, ...

Would you sink or float if you were tossed into a gigantic vat of squishy gelatinous spheres, more popularly known as Orbeez? Mark Rober decided the only way to definitively answer the question that ...

COSTA MESA Lots of kids showed up to get slimed or play in Orbeez-filled pools at the Orbeez Summer Splash Bash, an event at the Orange County Fair and Events Center that featured 40 million of the ...

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I always wanted to have a pool. But I live in an apartment on the fifth floor. And I don’t have any money. Then I saw a film called Team Hurricane, which played at the Seattle International Film ...