Sand Science, Flamethrowers, & the Great Bowling Debate

Welcome back to Science Goes Boom. First we’ll begin with a gentle stroll across the world’s most precariously-placed plank of wood:

Shredding, Lego style:

Anakin was right to hate sand:

The great bowling debate:

“Strings!”
“Freefall!”
“Striiiings!”
“Freeeeefall!”

Here’s Neptune, the planet discovered by math:

[Parent’s Note: The last two minutes are commercials.]

Using inferior physics to build a worse airplane, because…well, why not?

The bees have only been there for a few days, she said:

[Parent’s Note: Three uses of the word cr** at the 9:46-9:48, and the 14:45 timestamps.]

The science of overcharging for fish:

And finally, who better to create a Dual Flamethrower Backpack than Colin Furze?

[Parent’s Note: A few seconds of images of guns and explosions from a sponsor’s video game at the very beginning and again at the 11:09 timestamp.]

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