Archery, Exploding Pants, & Cotton Candy Chemistry

Another Friday, another episode of Science Goes Boom, your weekly chance to learn something new to wow your friends with.

First up, God’s perfect shape, and why He designed bees to make it:

When pants go boom. [Note: This episode doesn’t really explain why New Zealand farmers’ pants exploded in the 1930’s. It was from spraying sodium chlorate to kill weeds]:

Putting a Lego color sorter to good work:

Sing with me: “Shoot like a Comancheeeeee……..Shoot like a Comancheeeee……” (Get it? Ask your parents to explain that one.)

Speaking of Native American technical ingenuity, learn how to make a dugout canoe the traditional way, sort of. Even white dudes like Lewis and Clark would probably shake their heads at the final product here. Bravo for the attempt, though:

Why you should never step on a Man O’ War, or step near one, or swim near one, or even swim within 90 feet of one:

Consider that someone paid these guys to spend the day rolling tires down a mountain. Energy and motion science here:

Man, those wasps are big bullies:

And finally, watch a chemistry nerd prove that cotton candy is just as lacking in nutritional value as ordinary cotton balls:

See you next Friday to learn new, obscure, and maybe even useful facts. Subscribe below to receive the latest posts directly to your inbox.

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