Archery Science, Skunks, & When Aquariums Go Boom

Welcome back to Science Goes Boom. This week we’ll start with an almost indestructible washing machine. Also, when dryers go boom:

All about why the Navy tries to blow up its own aircraft carriers, for a good cause:

Parent’s Note: One use of the term whoop*** at the 6:03 timestamp

Why the world needs skunks:

The science of making better projectile weapons on the cheap:

Speaking of projectiles, the science of superior firepower:

There are some surprising scientific obstacles to flying a kite a kilometer high:

There are so many times we’ve all been grateful for porcelain. Here’s how they make it:

Survival bow-making, so long as you have a super fancy machete at your disposal:

Now let’s put those bows to good use:

And finally, had the Berlin architects seen Jaws 3 they would have known that massive aquariums situated above human foot traffic is never a good idea (in spite of the misleading title, no humans died in the bursting of this aquarium):

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