Speedy Birds, Exploding Dessert Toppings, & Lots of Tiny Rockets
Welcome to Science Goes Boom. Today we’ll start with brief history of one of the world’s most important machines, and the man who became a gazillionare by patenting the parts to make ‘em. We’ll get to the boom stuff later:
A trip to the center of the Earth is no picnic. And now you know how diamonds feel:
Once again, Australia jumps up to brag that it has all world’s weirdest creatures:
How do you build a space station? One exorbitantly expensive taxpayer funded mission at a time:
What’s the greater tragedy, the loss of ammo or the loss of Nutella? I can’t decide:
Want to see the world actually spinning under your feet? You can, really.
As for this one…um, sorry, parents. You’re gonna get pestered to make these for a while. But hey, now you can get away with giving them alunimum foil and tea candles for Christmas!
And finally, a shout out to Jenn W. and her kids for suggesting this one. Just look at those chickens run:
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