Science Labs, You’re Great — But 3 Sticks, A Nail, And A Bucket Solve This Problem Better Than You

We all know we need science for a lot of important things, but watching these people build this piece by piece really made me think: sometimes all it takes to solve deadly problems is very simple solutions. Like, really simple.*NOTE* I do know that this is still technically science, of course. I was merely trying…

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Feb 12, 2014

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