The Nenet reindeer herders need to move their tent every few days throughout most of the year. Every time they migrate they must pack the whole tent away, drag it across the tundra on sledges, and erect... continue reading

posted by blacklotus90 1 year 3 months ago • 499 views • 32:14

From Youtube, "What started as a simple desire for a better arc lighter got carried away and I ended up making the scariest device I've ever built. In this video I tested a plasma lighter and attempted... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 year 9 months 3 weeks ago • 44 views • 26:02

In 1834, Parliament burned down, and the Standards of Measurement were melted or destroyed.

posted by Mordhaus 1 year 10 months ago • 106 views • 5:05

YouTube description: Why does shaken soda explode? Does ice melt first in fresh or salt water? This video features experiments that have been shown to me by science teachers over the years. Does... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 6 months ago • 982 views • 13:59

Ice lost in Greenland means higher sea levels around the world. "Oceans Melting Greenland," a NASA program in its fourth year, is studying the melt. So far, measurements indicate a rate of melt exceeding... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 9 months 1 week ago • 324 views • 3:27

The frozen continent of Antarctica contains the vast majority of all freshwater on Earth. Now that ice is melting at an accelerating rate, in part because of climate change. What does this transformation... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 1 month 1 week ago • 36 views • 10:16

YouTube description: A metal alloy spoon melts in tea. Featuring Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff and Senior Technician Neil Barnes. Why not use Gallium? Well - besides the fact it's not what we... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 1 week ago • 1,320 views • 4:27

At the old hut site (the new one being temporarily cut off by flooding) I made lime mortar from the shells of rainforest snails by firing them in a kiln, slaking them in water, mixing them into lime putty.... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 404 views • 7:08

YouTube description: In Göttingen, Germany, there's a four-tonne steel ball that can be raised up a 14-metre tower -- and then dropped in less than two seconds, crashing back to earth. It makes tiny,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 3 months 1 week ago • 724 views • 3:34

I built a natural draft furnace to test ideas about how hot a furnace could get without the use of bellows. Natural draft is the flow of air through a furnace due to rising hot air. The hot gasses in the... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 7 months ago • 453 views • 5:46

I made a brick mold that makes bricks 25 x 12.5 x 7.5 cm from wood. A log was split and mortise and tenon joints were carved using a stone chisel and sharp rocks. The mold was lashed together with cane... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 8 months ago • 1,019 views • 10:47

What if the Sun was here on Earth?

posted by w1ndex 4 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 657 views • 7:01

If your glass glass glass made of glass melts because the Dr Pepper is too hot, you have gone way too far.

posted by Mekanikal 5 years 3 months ago • 300 views • 2:01

Enterprising Aussies have started using a common potato, a torch, and some Borax to smelt their gold dust and nuggets into ingots.

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 232 views • 7:11

Melting Iphone 7 tempered glass is look so satisfying. I didn't expect the screen protector glass be that strong.

I invented the Bow Blower, a combination of the bow drill and forge blower to make a device that can force air into a fire while being easy to construct from commonly occurring natural materials using... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 10 months ago • 1,385 views • 4:32

Vanity can be deadly. YouTube: As you know, in fashion, one day you're in and the next day your skin is falling off and your lungs are melting.

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 2 months ago • 21 views • 9:43