Hummingbirds, Creek Mining, & Fun With A Baseball Cannon
Welcome Back to Science Goes Boom. We’ll start this week’s journey underground with cave exploration, one of the most deadly hobbies on under the Earth:
[Parent’s note: Two uses of the term holy cr** at the 7:28-7:30 timestamps]
One of my favorite quotes by the legendary Hank Hill:
“That’s what these environmentalist ought to be spending their time doing: Using nature to kill off other forms of nature that is inconvenient to man.”
The science of not dying while climbing:
Speedy little beautiful show-offs:
The science of prioritizing cash over functionality and aesthetics. Okay, so maybe that’s economics, but dang it, we need to Make Architecture Great Again:
A historical stroll through Robin Hood’s forest:
How does one acquire thousands of pretty little rocks, not made in China? Creek mining:
Repurposing copper the hard way:
And finally, when baseballs go boom, and blow holes through perfectly good gongs:
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