Gamma Rays, Knuckleballs, & Ancient Egyptian Power Tools
Welcome to Science Goes Boom, your weekly source for obscure facts to wow your friends with. We’ll begin our journey with a little discourse on wombats. Parent’s note, there’s a silly evolutionary discussion on jaw design. See what I did there?
When gamma rays go boom:
Making a lathe, the ancient Egyptian way:
True fact: In baseball you can use science to compensate for talent. Learn how:
Playing cards can be surprisingly effective weapons. They’re also easily concealed. Connect the dots:
The science of why tomato juice tastes different at altitude, and other weird things about flight:
Snapping turtles are little thugs until they they get to know you:
And finally, a little history of the secret bricks that Lego doesn’t want you to have:
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If you’re thinking about this year’s school curriculum, we’ve got a boom-ish history option that might be right up your alley: Lexington to Mosul: A Complete Study in U.S. Military History.
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Peruse my website vinceguerra.com where you’ll find over 160 articles, many discussing little-known history and how it relates to a wide range of modern topics like law, intelligence agencies, science, guns, medicine, and much more. You can also find them on my other Substack. Here’s one that touches on the first female astronauts, who trained way back in 1962:
