Maple Syrup, Odd Torpedoes, & A Nerf Minigun

Welcome back to Science Goes Boom. This week we’ll start with how the ancient engineers of Grenada, Spain were doing in-floor heating centuries before it got trendy to modern builders:

The Ravens are a decent football team and the Black Crows were once a great band. I suppose there are other differences between ravens and crows too:

A motion-activated Nerf gun might protect your garage from intruders…if you can get it to work:

Using complex science to make increasingly complex machines complete simple tasks:

Proving once again that the stuff God created to use as a perfect instrument will usually be ruined by overly creative scientists:

And now for the portion of the show where we test Cosplay video game helmets against live ammo:

Parents Note: Two uses of the word “cr**” at the 14:30 and 15:23 timestamps:

Using “impossible” physics to recreate the world’s slowest and least efficient torpedo.

And, speaking of small scale naval warfare:

Fun Fact: Alaska is the northernmost, westernmost, and easternmost state in the United States. Now if only we can do something about that southern title:

And finally, a little history of $200/gallon maple syrup. Consequently, you can probably guess what the most expensive heist in Canada’s history stole?

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