Nice Sharks, RPGs (the boom kind), and Things That Grow In The Desert
Welcome back to Science Goes Boom. This week, let’s start with some simple chemicals that can boom a hole into cinder blocks:
And now I’m wondering exactly how many times I’ve had a shark size-up my boogie board as a potential snack:
Sand Art in bottles? Sure. Sand Art via Lego? Sign me up:
If you’ve never read the What If? books, you need to get them today. They’re the beautiful junction where science nerd-dom meets snarky cartoons. Here’s a taste:
Hand it to the Russians to create a simple, durable, cheap weapon that can take out any version of armored vehicle for sixty years and counting. Behold the beauty of the RPG:
And some RPG demos:
Speaking of late ‘60s technology, did you know that the Voyager Space Probes are still working after all these years? High five to the OG geek squad who did it all with slide rules and paper:
The next time you’re dying of thirst in the desert and gleefully dump your head into a pool of latent rainwater, try not to think about the thousands of micro shrimp you’re ingesting:
And finally, just a few more things you can do in the desert with water and enough money:
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