In sweet jeans news, this is a video of Yotuber Mad Russian Scientist demonstrating the fastest way to empty a narrow-necked liquid filled container without cutting in half with a ninja sword or smashing it with a hammer — by swirling the bottle first to create a vortex inside. This
This is a video of Youtuber The Q building a chair based on tensegrity (aka floating structural compression, links to Wikipedia) that’s large and strong enough to support the weight of a relatively lightweight adult human and a Coca-Cola can. Now I read the Wikipedia article I linked to above
This is a short video demonstrating Newton’s first law with dirt on a tennis racket. What is Newton’s first law? “Newton’s first law is you don’t talk about Newton’s first law.” Very good, I’m glad to see at least somebody payed attention in science class. Visualization of Newton's first law
This is a video of a Boeing 747 departing from Anchorage, Alaska and producing some insane condensation in the process. It almost looks like a smoke screen. Of course anybody worth their weight in idiotic conspiracy theories and believing everything they read online knows good and well this isn’t actually
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 of TheBackyardScientist experimenting with a 200-watt powerful burning laser to burn a bunch of stuff INCLUDING A ROCK, then mounting the thing to a vehicle and waving it around in the sky (after verifying there would be no planes nearby). Just look at that thing. Interestingly,
This is a video of Youtuber MadHotGlass playing two water hammers that she made, which consist of water sealed inside a vacuum created in borosilicate glass tubes. The resulting metallic ‘ping’ sound is due to there not being any air inside the tubes to cushion the water when it hits
This is a visualization created by MetaBallStudios comparing the sizes of the natural satellites that exist in our solar system, first using New York City as a size reference, then the entire earth. So — what moon is your favorite? “The Death Star.” That’s no moon! “LOL.” LOLOL. Hey let’s