Oil Spills, Grappling Hooks, & When Cotton Goes Boom

Welcome back to Science Goes Boom. We’ll start today by showing two ways to climb scary towers…first up, the Matterhorn, with ropes:

And now, Alex Honnold, without ropes:

[Parent’s Note: Alex mentions his atheistic worldview a couple of times. Pray for him.]

When cotton balls go boom:

Self-driving cars? Please. Let me know when Tesla can make a car able to cross a treadmill bridge. Lego for the win:

The stones (and honest geologists) tell tales that your high school science book glosses over:

How to stop a leaky pipe…underwater…when it’s shooting oil thousands of gallons per minute:

[Note: The last minute and half is a kind of an annoying ad for Nebula starting at the 22:00 timestamp.]

A dad field-testing things that both you and your dad want for Christmas:

Finally, a practical use for old pencils:

Let’s size up some of the coolest birds in the world:

And now for a little CGI history of terrifying forms of entertainment:

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