Plumbing, Flamethrower Robots, & Making Hay While The Sun Shines

Welcome back to Science Goes Boom. Since we’re running up against summer barbecue season, you may want learn the science of which meat to buy for the best burgers. It may not be what you think:

Ship design gone wrong, and how to fix it:

When robots go flame-flame, and then boom:

Dads, now might be a good time to allocate which screwdrivers your kids can use, and specify what they can practice throwing them into:

A brief description of the whats and hows of those baled things at the farm store:

And a bit about how hay is harvested, and why getting plenty of sunny days matters a lot to the ecosystem:

And now a little demonstration of household plumbing science with Steve Mould:

Guess where.

In which a young Destin begins exploring his love of helicopter science. This ended up being a multi-part series of short (5-minuteish) videos. They’re all good and worth checking out further at Smarter Every Day.

And finally a look at the cost effective but battlefield inept armor of Stormtroopers:

[Parent’s Note: The first minute is a series of Star Wars Original Trilogy cut scenes of Stormtroopers getting blasted.]

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