Toasterpults, Film, & Testing Lego Weapons

Welcome back to Science Goes Boom, your weekly opportunity to apply science principles to questionable endeavors. First up this week? Let’s go with a supersonic Nerf gun:

Is there any reason why you would not want a catapult toaster?

And on the 5th day, God created the little guys who freak us out. I mean, they’re impressive and all but, gaaaah:

When Legos go boom. And yep, that’s an actual Lego flame thrower. Parents take note:

The logistics of moving really big things:

Fighter science and another feather in the F-22’s cap:

Film is making a comeback? You mean all of those thousands of hours I spent learning photography weren’t wasted after all? Hallelujah!

Making and moving the things that go boom to launch the things that hopefully don’t go boom:

How balloons (which also hopefully don’t go boom) are made:

And finally, let’s take a look at the world’s tiny things:

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