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Zoom into a butterfly

How to zoom into a butterfly

Explore the inner workings of the wing of a butterfly at an atomic level. Understand this visually stunning wonderment!

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Light candles with a microwave oven

How to light candles with a microwave oven

If you're out of matches and lighters and you just have to light a candle for a certain someone's birthday muffin, then head no further than your own kitchen. Sure, if you have a gas stove, you could just use ...

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Make poor man's liquid nitrogen

How to make poor man's liquid nitrogen

Like all great science this requires caution. Also, Mr Beaty here is a total pro. Complaints regarding the fact this is NOT liquid nitrogen will be ignored. He gets that.

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Revive a drowned fly

How to revive a drowned fly

Just like Jesus brought Lazarus back from the dead, you can bring a fly back from the dead. Harness your healing power. But why revive a pesky bug like a fly? Why not a fish? Or a dog? Or a baby?

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Make mothballs jump

How to make mothballs jump

Watch an intimate dance performance in the depths of your own home. With who? Mothballs. You put mothballs in a vinegar and baking powder mixture and sit back and enjoy the show. Jumping, dancing mothballs.

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How To Explain the Difference Between Theory, Law, and a Fact

Explain the Difference Between Theory, Law, and a Fact

If you asked . If you asked those same people, "how certain is a ...more

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Written 4 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
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How to measure temperatures

Measure temperatures

Learn how to properly measure surface temperature, internal ground temperature and above ground temperature with this science tutorial. This ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by tenebrism | Comments 0
Views 289

How to measure using a metric ruler

Measure using a metric ruler

This tutorial shows you how to measure segments using a metric ruler. This tutorial shows measurements in millimeters and centimeters.

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Curated 1 year ago by bird crick | Comments 0
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How to nuke things for cool reactions in the microwave

Nuke things for cool reactions in the microwave

Want to make cool explosions in your microwave. Here's some stuff that ...more

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Curated 10 months ago by bird crick | Comments 0
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How to use both sides of your brain

Use both sides of your brain

Watch this dancer - can you tell which direction she is spinning in? If you see her going counter-clockwise, you are probably left brained ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by 5min | Comments 1
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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
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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 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
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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 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 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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Science (877 How-Tos)

Pyro-Spirograph-Drawings

Rosemarie Fiore is badass. She makes art with pyrotechnics, amusement park rides, Atari, guns, and pinball machines. Though all of her work is cool, I have to say my favorite piece is Fiore's larger ...

Who Needs Jump Rope When You Have a Flexible Friend

Breakdancing. Acrobatics. Gymnastics. Human jump roping fits in all. And why not? It's frickin' awesome. (Image credit: Flickr user envycleopatra.)

Indian Spiderman Defies Gravity (and Death)

Real life spiderman, Jyothi Rai of India, spends his time entertaining tourists by scaling walls of the Chitradurga Fort. The daredevil works completely harness free. Inspired? WonderHowTo's Climbing ...

Creepy Crawler Ant Robot

Wow, this robot has incredible movement. "A-Pod is an ant inspired hexapod robot with a 2 DOF abdomen (tail), a 3 DOF head with large mandibles. 6 legs with 3 DOF each. Total 25 servos ...

Remote Control Your Lawn Mower

Time to make those lazy Sunday afternoons even lazier. Instructables member johndavid400 has posted a full HowTo on modding your lawn mower to operate via remote control. " ...How to make your ...

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