Rocks, Sunken Treasure, & Two Ways To Explode Crossbows

Welcome back to Science Goes Boom. We’ve got several two-fers this week dealing with both rocks and exploding things, but our first one deals with almonds, or amands if you’re a California Central Valley farmer, that is:

[Farm nerd trivia: They call them that because they joke that they shake the L out of them.]

Growing almonds two ways. First up, industrial:

And now for organic:

Rigging exploding crossbow bolts, on the cheap. This is an early one from Demolition Ranch:

And another way to make crossbow bolts go boom. Also, how to ruin a $3500 crossbow with one shot:

Body science with Marines:

Just a walk on the beach with rocks:

A 360-year search for lost gold, discovered by science:

We may have already done this one but my kids lobbied for it, so maybe call it a bonus, back by popular demand:

Making paint out of rocks:

And finally, when you can't beat ‘em at billiards, get Shane to create a cheating machine:

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