Lighthouses, Beef Jerky, & Exploding With Air Pressure
Welcome back to Science Goes Boom. You’ve probably seen people try to lift the Fredricksen house from Up with weather balloons, but how many actual party balloons would it take? And more importantly, how long would it take to fill them?
If you grew up near Hershey Park (and I did), you’ve probably ridden the superdooperLooper. I did, lots of times:
When all sorts of things go boom:
You mean to tell me the only bug we love unequivocally isn’t even really a bug? My wife has issues with this and thinks anything ranging from spiders to beetles to insects are “bugs,” but scientists will continue to think they know everything, sooo:
The science of bread and circuses is actually pretty astounding:
Homemade jerky in the oven?! Where has this technique been all my life?
Making perfectly fast RC planes go boom…and thus, twice as fast:
I’d heard that decaffeinating coffee required chemicals. Well, yes and no:
Is it weird and kinda pointless? Yes.
Is it also rad? Yes!
True story: Just the other night before bed, Mrs. Guerra was pondering the physics of running off of a moving train. I told her, Wait! I’ve got a Science Goes Boom video about that!
Lighthouses used to be maintained by some of the hardiest people on Earth. Now they’re run by Skynet. Sad:
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