Beekeeping, Bike Design, & Testing LEGO boats
Welcome back to Science Goes Boom. Let’s start the day by examining Leonardo DaVinci’s design books and revisit the idea of a full-auto crossbow. Parents, this is why you encourage those kids to paint, draw, and play with tools:
Pretty much a Black Hawk. What’s different? Let’s see:
And now for the truth-in-advertising segment. Lego ship buoyancy, reviewed. I hope the BatBoat holds up:
For those who’ve always wondered, here are the basics of beekeeping. It’s also a preview of what I suspect will be the next honey-do on my list:
With a few thousand dollars’ worth of equipment and many hours of time, you too can create a rocket launcher for a piece of plastic you could just as easily throw. But hey, why not?
It’s trippy how the eyes and brain work. No explanations in this one, but it’s cool nonetheless:
Is the classical bike design as good as it gets? Let’s science one and find out:
Any guess what they recycle to make tissues?
When foundations go boom, it might be because of these guys:
And finally, a cross-section tour of an Airsoft rifle. No fancy animation on this one. Get on it, Jared Owen:
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