A Disc Golf Gun, Woodworking, & Knots That Save Your Life
Welcome back to Science Goes Boom. I know we’re well into spring but depending on where you live, the avalanche science is most applicable to you right now. Here’s why:
Climbing knots keep you alive when climbing, but they also can keep you alive when trying out those Backyard Scientist experiments he warns you not to do:
In which Shane overengineers himself (and his cannon) into getting kicked off the Disc Golf course:
All about ivory, and the creeps who poach it:
From hunk of junk to polished cash, in twenty easy steps:
If you’re under 40, you sometimes get injured for not stretching. If you’re over 40, you sometimes injure yourself merely by stretching, or just getting out of bed:
Okay, I said whoa about six times while watching this. Dads and boys will be lobbying for a bunch of tools after this one. Fair warning, ladies:
The mechanics of elevators, and why they hopefully never go boom:
And finally, let’s end this one by dropping a bowling ball on a pane of glass. Why not?
And that’s all for this week except for this announcement:
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Modern War books
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U.S. Military History
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