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How to zoom into a butterfly

Zoom into a butterfly

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

B+ 3:25
Curated 1 year ago | Comments 1
Views 1,409

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

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 ...more

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Curated 2 years ago | Comments 53
Views 114,266

How to calculate faster than a calculator

Calculate faster than a calculator

Math. The most hated subject in the world. Almost everyone except Archimedes despises the subject (and he's dead). You can relieve a ...more

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Curated 2 years ago | Comments 18
Views 36,375

How to cavitate and explode a beer bottle with your bare hand

Cavitate and explode a beer bottle with your bare hand

The hidden science behind the bottle-smash trick? Cavitation! Check ...more

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Curated 1 year ago | Comments 7
Views 16,970

How to rip a penny in half

Rip a penny in half

Learn how to rip a penny in half. Enough said.

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Curated 1 year ago | Comments 50
Views 136,682

How to survive police encounters and flex your civil rights

Survive police encounters and flex your civil rights

Come together young activists. Our greatest power is education. Stop ...more

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Curated 1 year ago | Comments 12
Views 5,940

How to make mothballs jump

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 ...more

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Curated 1 year ago | Comments 3
Views 4,974

How to make freaky cornstarch monsters dance on speakers

Make freaky cornstarch monsters dance on speakers

This is a total cool science experiment. Make goop. You know that ...more

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Curated 8 months ago | Comments 6
Views 6,573

How to oxidize sugar with potassium chlorate

Oxidize sugar with potassium chlorate

You might just have to be a chemist to perform this cool science experiment, but if you have the right chemistry equipment, you can try it ...more

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Curated 9 months ago | Comments 2
Views 2,865

How to make a "Volcano" Experiment with Ammonium dichromate

Make a "Volcano" Experiment with Ammonium dichromate

C For Chemistry's science experiments are not only fun, but ...more

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Curated last month | Comments 0
Views 829

How to make thermite from iron-oxide and aluminum

Make thermite from iron-oxide and aluminum

Thermite is the big daddy of backyard pyrotechnics. Beware. Playing with this stuff is not kid's play a la Mr. Wizard. It is wholly ...more

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Curated 1 year ago | Comments 0
Views 7,619

How to write a story following advice from Kurt Vonnegut

Write a story following advice from Kurt Vonnegut

"Audience requires us to be sympathetic and patient teachers, ever ...more

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Curated 3 months ago | Comments 1
Views 1,426

How to turn a shelled egg into a bouncing translucent egg

Turn a shelled egg into a bouncing translucent egg

We all know how to suck an egg into a glass bottle with a match, but ...more

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Curated 1 year ago | Comments 8
Views 9,492

How to make poor man's liquid nitrogen

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 ...more

A- 3:21
Curated 1 year ago | Comments 22
Views 31,520

How to revive a drowned fly

Revive a drowned fly

Ever wished you were Jesus? This how-to video can bestow you with life-reviving powers. Kill a fly and then bring it back to life.

B+ 2:08
Curated 1 year ago | Comments 21
Views 21,154

How to light candles with a microwave oven

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 ...more

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Curated 1 year ago | Comments 6
Views 4,737

How to build Stonehenge with physics

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 ...more

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Curated 1 year ago | Comments 1
Views 2,674

How to harvest squid ink

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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Curated 2 years ago | Comments 2
Views 4,638

How to make an amazing floating static orb

Make an amazing floating static orb

Learn how to make this spooky, amazing floating static orb. It uses static electricity to make a tinsel orb levitate above a PVC pipe ...more

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Curated 10 months ago | Comments 11
Views 21,945

How to make a sundial

Make a sundial

If you live by the 45th parallel north, then you're just the person for making this cool sundial. It's a horizontal sundial for science and ...more

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Curated 2 years ago | Comments 1
Views 6,611

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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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