The bigger question is, why do these rocks cost so much at the feed store?

Why building a city without a water source was never a good idea:

Experimenting with the little rounds that pack a surprising punch:

This week’s version of Science Goes Gaming touches on those annoying chess moves that cause arguments. You can find previous installments in the following links: Ticket To Ride, Battleship, Risk, Monopoly, Settlers of Catan, checkers, and chess.

This takes flying in the dark to a whole ‘nother skill level:

A fascinating process but they lost me at the “spraying with pesticides” step. Still, it’s good to know how the non-organic peaches and mangoes get from the tree into everything else:

Why Michael Phelps might not have been “all that.” Also, #justiceforBlakeLeeper

Finally, when ovens go boom. Just for fun because it’s been a while since we’ve seen Edwin blow anything up with a grenade:

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I don’t know why you’d want a hidden room under a tree stump, but if you’ve got one handy, why not? Also, those burritos look delicious:

The coolest Russian jet that might have been a star:

I don’t even know how to explain this one:

Yet another way to solve a Rubik’s Cube:

[Note: The section about dismantling the cube is only a joke. Do not try it.]

Here we see a snake handler having way too much fun. I’ll bet you anything his mom has some stories to tell:

[Parent’s Note: One use of d*** at the 20:58 timestamp. But I mean, he was wrestling a green mamba.]

Having fun with old springs, a forge, and a dozen kinds of pressing tools. Also, can somebody explain what the spices were all about?

When horns go boom:

And finally, here’s what it would look like if AT-AT’s were allowed to walk through cities. Man, the traffic nightmares:

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If you’ve got the right connections, maybe you, too, can make a climbing rope out of spider silk:

You mean the Brown Recluse is really just a poser when it comes to the deadliest spiders?

Putting RC planes and paintball guns to the best use possible:

You really only need three kitchen knives…or maybe four…or actually maybe five…and let’s not forget the bread knife:

Classic Destin explaining inertia with kids and hitting the minivan breaks:

The science of slight of hand:

And finally, here we have Colin Furze doing his best to become an X-Men…X-Man…X-Person…?

And here it is in action:

[Parent’s Note: He tests it out on several objects, including an old mannequin head that looks like it’s been burned a few times already.]

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In case you’ve ever wondered how a car wash works, here’s a scaled down version:

If you have a fire department willing to help you, why wouldn’t you try to levitate a vehicle with water pressure?

Summer rafting, Huckleberry Finn style:

Practical problem solving for an impractical vehicle:

The ultimate large-scale version of guys keeping old junk…because we may need some of it…one day:

How to peel a potato with the equivalent of four sticks of dynamite:

And finally, here’s the most awesome opportunity to be a backseat driver you’ll ever see:

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When engines go boom, intentionally:

Destin from Smarter Every Day takes a tour of a dozen factories in one, and the innovations that make aerospace engineers’ jaws drop:

Wait a minute. You mean bowling balls float? I’m about to win some bets at the next lakeside barbecue:

The physics of looking weird when falling backward:

If you give a man a dragon, he’s going to do everything he can to make it fly. Also, improving upon Lego castles:

I’ve never thought I’d look longingly at a dish of soy sauce, but there it is:

And finally, the Dudes demonstrate the reason why the toy RC world transitioned to quad copters:

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Since the Guerra household was in paint-the-boys-bedroom mode this week, I figured we ought to cover it for science:

The science of water seeping into the ground:

Cheap furniture made easy. That is, so long as you don’t lose the allen wrench:

Forging actual bronze, silver, and gold medals:

The world’s best mountain bike riders go for a swim, and another swim, and another swim:

[Parent’s Note: One use of the British word ar** at the 3:34 timestamp.]

Before AI chess engines were making us all look stupid, there was a mechanical Turk making chess players—including Napoleon and Benjamin Franklin—look stupid:

And finally, it’s carnivorous plants and dragonfly nymphs against two colonies of ants:

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[Parent’s Note: One use of the term, “What the h*** are we doing?” at the 19:37 time stamp. But I mean, look at the thumbnail.]

The science of mass production:

Also, possibly the world’s most dangerous circular saw:

This might also be a good time to go over circular saw safety:

Ever wanted to live in a garden? Seems like a good idea but I have so many questions:

“Salad fingers are the new Jazz hands.” Not a fan of the cooking spray though, bletch:

Harry Potter versus Thor versus Maverick…sort of:

[Parent’s Note: One quick shot of the movie Dodgeball at the 15:29 timestamp, involving dodging a crescent wrench…unsuccessfully.]

And finally, let’s use science to settle an ongoing internet debate:

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Wait, you mean sponges are actually alive?

The science of figuring out how the fires start:

[Parent’s Note: A brief animation and discussion of a tragic fire at the 0:41 timestamp]

If your hens take a few months off from egg-laying in the winter (like ours do), you might want to think about banking some eggs now. Here’s one way does it. If you’d like another option that preserves them as actually eggs—you know, like with yolks and shells and stuff—you should check out ’s Homesteaderly article:

Speaking of preserving those summer harvests…

Note, some of these unfortunately use a lot of sugar. If you’ve got other methods, maybe drop a line or link in the comments:

The history of Play-Doh, and how to make your own:

Making war against perfectly good propane tanks. Also, since these guys were too scared to shoot a 40lb propane tank, you can watch Edwin Sarkissian do that here:

[Parent’s Note: One use of “holy c***” at the 13:35 timestamp, and “h**l no” at the 16:33 timestamp.]

What vehicle crash test engineers might do in their spare time. Also, can someone get Science Max to max-out these designs, please?

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In which we learn why raccoons have a built-in burglar’s mask, and that President Coolidge was a weird dude:

We’ve often taken it for granted that the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids with grit and manpower. But have we ever considered the actual mechanics, available materials, and unbreakable physics of the matter?

When acronyms go boom?

How to use expensive materials (and a forklift) to make an over-engineered forklift tire. Also, a tire’s revenge on spike strips:

A brilliantly animated explanation of brain science:

Why not make a life-sized mousetrap?

And as long as you have a giant mousetrap around, why not make a giant mousetrap car?

And finally, how to chemically alter ice cream to make it both more delicious (debatable), and less meltable:

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Today we’ll start with a deeper dive on dragonflies than we had last week, since my son was rather disappointed in that one. Ha:

[Parent’s Note: This one starts and ends lobbing a few unsupported assumptions about evolution as fact. But it also admits that they’ve remained“almost completely unchanged” over “hundreds of millions of years.”]

Making cheese isn’t rocket science, unless you add in fake coloring. Wait, you mean it’s not naturally orange?

A brief history of how we went from little helicopters that were hard to fly to quad-copters that only your kids know how to fly:

[Note: This is basically a commercial for DJI with lots of science. Everything within the 15:00-19:00 timestamp is about company politics, so you’ll probably want to skip that. It’s kinda boring.]

A diorama of when genetically modified Prairie Dogs attack:

A short trip to Home Depot, less than $100 bucks in supplies, and an entire day of work is all you need to make a rocket launcher you’ll use maybe twice:

Here’s what’s inside Lady Liberty:

How to hide your snacks so your kids won’t find ‘em:

And the second part:

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All the reasons why mercury is both awesome and perplexing:

Dragonflies are like the Rohirrim of the insect world. The mosquitoes quake in fear:

You’ll never take the sun for granted again:

Precision instruments are worth every penny:

Because everyone should learn how to click secret messages to your friends with nothing but a pen:

Four ways to rid your home of flies. The crickets aren’t that easily tricked:

And finally, how to make five awesome messes in your own kitchen. For science!

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And here’s what happens when YouTubers subject themselves to that pain:

Now for a collection of simple experiments to wow your kids (or parents) with:

All the reasons it was never a good idea to build a city on a swamp. But it worked out eventually:

Behold the wonderful and creative world of epoxy:

And here’s what you can do with it:

This week, Science Goes Gaming features the seemingly simple task of stacking colors in order. You can find previous installments in the following links: Ticket To Ride, Battleship, Risk, Monopoly, Settlers of Catan, checkers, and chess:

Since it’s summer, it’s time to drag that hatchet out and sharpen it:

It may also be time to give the sheep a haircut:

And finally, let’s see how many things we can destroy with nothing but rubber bands…big rubber bands:

[Parent’s Note: One use of the decap******n (only referring to a photo copy machine though) at the 08:03 timestamp.]

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And now, a more hopeful tale about restoring what was almost lost:

It’s pretty simple: If you can’t swim, wear a lifejacket around water. If you can swim, you’ll still probably want to wear one from time to time, especially if you live in Alaska:

The phone book friction experiment is pretty rad. Finding an actual phone book these days does present a bit of a problem, however:

Did you know that drone warfare has been around almost as long as rocket engines? And your grandpa might have piloted one:

Our bodies resonate with the surrounding environment. Here’s how and why that matters:

And just to hammer home the importance of the frequencies around us, it’s Tesla for the win, AGAIN!

Eighty percent of the ocean is still an unexplored mystery. Anyone want to find out what’s down there?

And finally, let’s get some engineers, DP fans, and five Dudes to see how far they can launch cars off of rooftops:

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The science of keeping your head safe:

Take a guess how many toys he’ll find inside this piano:

The process of making pianos:

The surprising durability of cheap RC planes. That Corsair is pretty legit, though:

Making big sticks that don’t do anything into tiny sticks that explode:

The egg drop challenge with a budget, and a twist:

For those of you with dirtbikes:

And finally, here’s an attempt at levitating Max with magnets:

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[Note: Everything after the 9:00 timestamp is a commercial.]

A stroll through the tool shed to decipher how best to spend our money:

The world’s most lazy animal:

[Parent’s Note: Lots of discussion about the sloth’s “poop dance.” Prepare for giggles. Also, everything after the 21:00 timestamp is a commercial for Nebula including highlighting an evolution documentary.]

How and why motorcycle racing pit stops come in handy:

[Parent’s Note: A few dramatic crashes but no casualties. Motorcycle riders are pretty tough, it would seem.]

Using drones to theoretically explore Saturn’s moons:

Testing the best and worst ways to cheat at baseball. Spoiler Alert: George Brett for the win! If you know, you know:

When sugar goes boom:

We know God can make an ax head float, but can we use science to make an anvil float?

And finally, speaking of cheating at games, let’s see if Shane can impress Wife by cheating at mini-golf:

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A look at the materials that make a successful Nerf war:

Take a guess which one is faster:

Speaking of who made it faster…let’s give some love to the manhole cover:

Now about that manhole cover:

Another example of how the Russians can make pretty much anything. And how they can make anything bigger. And how it’s almost never financially viable:

See how many problems this brilliant chemist (he’s done some impressive things in the past) makes while simply trying to pour some metal:

This might be a good point for extinguishing fires:

And going a little deeper into fire science:

And finally, Colin Furze takes a stab at the age-old design challenge of making a viable hoverboard:

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The difference between photoluminescence, phosphorescence, florescence and chemiluminescence (my editor-wife thinks I’m just making stuff up at this point):

Boingy boingy boingy…fleas!

Ever wonder exactly how fast a bullet travels? Makes flowing water practically stand still:

Using a scientific method to discover what you know, what you don't know, and what others know about you:

Yes, yes, you can launch a person with fireworks:

Where the gas goes before it gets into your tank (your gas tank, not an actual tank; that would be a different video):

Who knew you could do so much with water bottles and bendy straws?

[Parent’s Note: Most of these experiments are the definition of Parental Supervision Required.]

And finally, if you live near this guy in Oregon, count yourself blessed:

[Note: Everything after the 12:27 timestamp is a commercial.]

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Using magnets to generate a surprising amount of free power:

The cutest little rocket plane you ever saw:

Overengineering one of the simplest weapons ever created. But at least it fires one-handed, so that’s a perk:

How to (maybe) survive a live grenade, with science:

Assuming the mosquito population is still around this summer, this may come in handy:

Rendering game fat into a form you can store for decades:

[Parent’s Note: There are a few shots of him removing fat from a bison carcass prior to the 1:00 timestamp.]

And finally, gravity and mass versus layered glass. Which will win?

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All about eels…except how to cook them, I guess:

Examining why salt pork has such an important place in history:

When brain science and physics collide — literally, actually:

The science of chess is much more complex than simple tricks can solve, but this episode of Science Goes Gaming features Anna Cramling attempting to give us a fighting chance against AI chess engines. You can find previous installments in the following links: Ticket To Ride, Battleship, Risk, Monopoly, Settlers of Catan, and checkers.

All of the things your tape measure can do besides measuring things:

I can’t imagine how many stories Shane’s mom must have:

Using logic and science to solve tricky problems:

And finally, asking the question every vehicle safety engineer should ask: What would Batman do?

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Making a homemade telescope is easier than you might think. Making it beautiful, though, requires some precision tools:

Just another facinating thing in the oceans that can make life miserable for swimmers—humans and fish:

An inside look at the most famous battleship in U.S. Navy history:

Field-testing drill attachments to seperate the sketchy from the useful:

Watching things grow is so satisfying. Note: None of the fruit trees actually get to fruit-bearing maturity in this video.

Some mind-blowing science to change the way we garden. And the gardens look so much cooler, too:

Fun with bowling balls:

And finally, we might call this one a bonus because I may have posted it already (I need a system for keeping track of that, I guess), but this was requested by one of my boys:

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