Water Purification, Jet Engine History, & Turtles
Welcome to Science Goes Boom: Your weekly dose of weird and fascinating science awesomeness. Today we’ll begin with a short tutorial on how to calm the waves if you’re not Jesus:
Getting worms out of the ground, the easy way:
It’s that mosquito-slapping, chainsaw-sharpening, tree-felling time of year. Here’s a good video to explain the science of not getting crushed by a tree. [Note: There is some disagreement about proper back-cut techniques in the YouTube comments on this one. Worth reading if you cut down a lot of trees]
Turtles are pretty boss. No wonder Bowser had an army of them behind him:
Is your water safe to drink? Here are a few ways to make sure:
This is basically a commercial for grown-up toys, but it’s still pretty rad:
The history of engines that make the sonic go boom:
Two videos in one here. The first half is an animal speed comparison. The second half is the same video but from the animal’s perspective. I skipped most of the second half:
And finally, by special request: Colin Furze’s Archimedes Screw Tank.
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Modern War books
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U.S. Military History
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