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Build Stonehenge with physics

How to build Stonehenge with physics

Wally Wallington has demonstrated that he can lift a Stonehenge-sized pillar weighing 22,000 lbs and moved a barn over 300 ft. What makes this so special is that he does it using only himself, gravity, and his ...

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Make a tomato glow in the dark (FAKE?)

How to make a tomato glow in the dark (FAKE?)

Make a tomato glow in the dark using three household chemicals and the step-by-step instructions in this how-to video. You need a syringe, hydrogen peroxide, matches and bleach!

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Write a story following advice from Kurt Vonnegut

How to write a story following advice from Kurt Vonnegut

"Audience requires us to be sympathetic and patient teachers, ever willing to simplify and clarify--whereas we would rather soar high above the crowd, singing like nightingales. That is the bad news ...

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Make a "Volcano" Experiment with Ammonium dichromate

How to make a "Volcano" Experiment with Ammonium dichromate

C For Chemistry's science experiments are not only fun, but educational for those interested in scientific chemical reactions and properties. This video demonstrates how to perform a volcano experiment with ...

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Harvest squid ink

How to harvest squid ink

This is an Instructable on how to harvest squid ink. Clean your own squid, and collect ink for printing or cooking!

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How to create pneumatic power with a hand air pump

Create pneumatic power with a hand air pump

Check out this video to see how to make pneumatic power with stuff from your dumpster. Take one empty Tekapur (polyurethane foam) spray can ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 1,419

How to cut a glass bottle with string

Cut a glass bottle with string

A trick for cutting a glass bottle.

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Curated 1 year ago by tl1 | Comments 0
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How to do the disappearing dollar math trick

Do the disappearing dollar math trick

A math story problem in which you seem to come up a dollar short in the solution...but not really. Here's the trick with an explanation. ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
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How to make a 3D magnetic field viewer

Make a 3D magnetic field viewer

Watch this video to make a three-dimensional magnetic fields visible using suspended steel filaments (or iron filings).

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Curated 1 year ago by The Wonder Team | Comments 0
Views 1,721

How to make a barometer

Make a barometer

Ben and kenji show you how to make a barometer to measure pressure and predict the weather!

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Curated 1 year ago by Amie | Comments 0
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How to be good without God

Be good without God

Daniel Dennett is interviewed by Robert Wrights on how to be good without God. Daniel Dennett is Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy ...more

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Curated 2 years ago by d323sd | Comments 1
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How to go green while at work

Go green while at work

Asa Aarons reports on 10 more ways you can help protect the environment. This time he focuses on the everyday ways each of us can make a ...more

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Curated 2 years ago by cgopa | Comments 0
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How to learn about free will

Learn about free will

Edward O. Wilson is interviewed by Robert Wright on various topics such as, free will and emergence. Edward O. Wilson is Pellegrino ...more

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How to learn about the problem of evil

Learn about the problem of evil

Robert Wright interviews Robert Pollack about the problem of evil and various other topics. Robert Pollack is a Professor of Biological ...more

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How to learn about the problem of evil

Learn about the problem of evil

Robert Wright interviews Arthur Peacocke about Pantheism, the problem of evil and several other topics. Arthur Peacocke, formerly a ...more

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How to learn how to be good without God

Learn how to be good without God

Robert Wright interviews Steven Pinker on various subjects such as being good without God and science and religion. Steven Pinker is ...more

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How to measure the speed of light

Measure the speed of light

This how to video teaches you to estimate of the speed of light using a plate of chocolate chips and a microwave oven. Try this DIY science ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by bird crick | Comments 0
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How to power a motor using magnets

Power a motor using magnets

Harness the power of magnets to create perpetural motion which powers engines for 400 years.

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Curated 1 year ago by Amie | Comments 0
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How to reveal traces of blood

Reveal traces of blood

How to reveal traces of blood CSI style using two chemicals.

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Curated 1 year ago by tl1 | Comments 0
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How to show the effect of atmospheric pressure

Show the effect of atmospheric pressure

This video shows an updating of the famous Magdeburg experiment carried out by Otto von Guericke in 1654 using two metallic hemispheres to ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by 5min | Comments 1
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How to turn water into marbles (FAKE?)

Turn water into marbles (FAKE?)

F for FAKE. This video has been labeled a "Faux-To". Commonly contested as bogus science, we believe this video to be a hoax. What's your ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Amie | Comments 22
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How to use water as a magnifying glass

Use water as a magnifying glass

Learn how to turn a safety pin and water into a magnifying glass. Save money on glasses and commercial magnifiers with this trick.

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
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How to get a deeper voice with sulfur hexafluoride gas

Get a deeper voice with sulfur hexafluoride gas

Sulphur Hexafluoride is actually heavier than air, leading to some ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Amie | Comments 1
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Education (1758 How-Tos)

4 Years in the Making: Insane Papercraft City

Tokyo art student, Wataru Itou, spent four long years crafting his meticulous paper city, entitled "A Castle On the Ocean".  The miniature papercraft city was constructed with ...

Jetman Flys Over Atlantic with DIY Wings - Plummets!

Yves Rossy, AKA Jetman, attempted to fly across the Atantic from Morocco to Spain yesterday. His homemade, jet powered wings "span 8 feet and are powered by four kerosene-fueled jet engines ...

Avoid Turkey-Frying-Fire Disaster this Thanksgiving

Thinking of deep frying a turkey this Thanksgiving? Careful. Or this might happen: Luckily, Alton Brown (of Food Network) offers a thorough step-by-step on how to fry that bird. Hackaday has also ...

Turbo Turkey - Cook the Damn Bird Above the Camshaft

So, I suppose we're going both redneck and Thanksgiving turkey twice today (Redneck Slingshot Chick + Extreme Thanksgiving Recipes). Something about home for the holidays inspires... and this is ...

Deeply Trusting Female Volunteers Bod to Redneck Science: First Human Slingshot

Well, maybe these folks aren't redneck. That is a pretty nice house, and that slingshot doesn't look too jery rigged. But the idea of a human slingshot is certainly redneck (and lotsa fun). Previously ...

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