Primitive Technology: Smelting Iron In Brick Furnaces
AdultsEducationLifeNature...I made 3 furnaces from bricks using different configurations to test their effectiveness. The benefit of using bricks to make a furnace is that it's quicker, easier, re-useable and portable relative to a furnace constructed in-situ from clay.
Primitive Technology: Rock-Throwing Catapult (Trebuchet)
AdultsCreativityEducationNature...I built a trebuchet, a type of catapult that uses a counter weight to store gravitational potential energy which is then used to fire a projectile via a sling.
How Society Affects Your Health
AdultsEducationHealthHuman...Society does a lot to improve our health, from sanitation to healthy foods. But society can have negative impacts on our health as well, and whether or not we get the positive impacts or the negative ones, can often come down to social and economic standing.
Bill Nye Breaks Down Webb Telescope Space Images | WIRED
AdultsEducationScienceSpace...The James Webb Space Telescope has dazzled us with its first batch of images. WIRED got in touch with the one and only Bill Nye to break down some of these astonishing photos, explaining what we're really looking at.
Primitive Technology: Trebuchet
AdultsConstructionCreativityEducation...I built a trebuchet, a type of catapult that uses a counter weight to store gravitational potential energy which is then used to fire a projectile via a sling.
Finances After College | How to College | Crash Course
AdultsLifePersonal FinanceSociety...If you've taken out student loans, graduation can start a ticking clock in terms of when your first payments will come due.