This is a video from the dream-livers at Youtube channel Beyond The Press experimenting with various amounts of gunpowder and dynamite to determine which is best for blowing up a pumpkin. The result? Depends on what kind of pumpkin explosion you’re looking for. Apparently the dynamite explodes quicker and results

This is a video of a man spinning an apple in midair with a compressed air gun until the apple can’t take it anymore and explodes, just like when Thunder sees Lo Pan dead at the end of Big Trouble In Little China. “Great reference.” Thanks, I’ve been saving that

This is a video of Instagrammer yorkshire.fossils (I prefer the pudding myself) smacking a rock open with a hammer to reveal the perfect ammonite fossil inside. What are the odds?! “Well based on all the other ammonite fossils just lying around, I’m guessing pretty good.” You ruin everything, you know

This is a short video of chemistry educator Phil Cook demonstrating both the hydrophobic and combustible properties of lycopodium spores. Lycopodium spores are the dried spores of clubmoss plants (aka ground pine), and have long been used for theatrical special effects (in the form of dust explosions) due to their

This is a video from the Noboribetsu Marine Park in Japan of a seal that has a circular ring to swim through that’s above the waterline, which works on the same principle (atmospheric pressure) as those floating pond bubbles that fish can swim up into. Per Youtube commenter agerven on

This is a slow motion video from the folks (and bugs) of Ant Lab, featuring a bunch of different insects (spanning 8 different taxonomic orders — that’s the one between class and family) spreading their wings and taking to the sky, shot at 3,200 frames/second. Beautiful, wasn’t it? “Gross I

This is a short gif (below) of the 88-milligram RoBeetle developed by a research team experimenting with the use of methanol to help power artificial muscles in robotics. Some more info about the tiny crawler while I sweep my office for bugs because *lowering voice* igBay otherBray isyay everywhereyay. In

These are two different videos (one from GQ, one from Vanity Fair) of marine biologist Melissa Cristina Márquez and marine and environmental scientist Apryl Boyle discussing and grading shark attack scenes from movies, including ‘Jaws,’ ‘Deep Blue Sea,’ ‘The Meg,’ ‘Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life,’ ‘Couples Retreat,’