Lego Skynet, Rubber, and Totally Not GMO (wink, wink) Watermelons
Welcome back to Science Goes Boom, your DHS-approved source for learning how to blow stuff up. First up, homemade smoke grenades. This is why you your husband loves me:
Restoring an axe head in just fifty easy steps, mostly using elbow grease:
How real rubber is made, not that synthetic stuff:
Centrifugal forces at work and only one sprained foot in the attempt. I feel like puking just watching this one:
Just another great reason for having guns. Take note, Canada:
No, our watermelons aren’t genetically modified at all, they’re just crossbred with naturally occurring chemicals in order to make sure you never get seeds and can’t grow your own. Riiiight, totally natural:
[Note: You wouldn’t believe how many videos I had to sift through with YouTube going bonkers trying to claim watermelons are NOT GMO. We’re onto you, Monsanto!]
A sweet discussion on the history of bridge design:
[Note: Turn it off at the 15:00 minute timestamp to avoid an annoying commercial for a new, ahem, “unbiased” news source that YouTube providers are being paid to promote]
When Skynet becomes self-aware and discovers Legos, this is what it will make:
See you next Friday for more science awesomeness.
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