Gold, Levers, & All About Recoilless Rifles

Welcome back to Science Goes Boom. We’re going diving today to see which fish are afraid of their own reflection, and which ones fearlessly throttle them:

I heard a sermon recently where the pastor referred to the refining process of gold. And man, those unrefined chunks look pretty nasty at first. Object lesson confirmed:

We’ve got rockets. We’ve got arrows. Are you thinking what I’m thinking?

[Parent’s note: There is a “He** yeah!” at the 13:34 timestamp]

In which we consider if everything we thought we knew about levers might be wrong:

Putting cracked bowling balls and a box of pennies to good, productive, interesting use:

And now, a little about gravity:

How to make French scooters and Toyota Trucks go boom, without booming the user:

Speaking of recoil and booming vehicles…behold the Humvee:

And finally, if you missed all of the January planetary fun, March 30th features a rare celestial conjunction. Then on April 25th, the Moon, Venus, and Saturn will make a big smiley face in the night sky, assuming we get to have clear skies on those nights:

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