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Metalurgy

Melting metal in warm water. A good way to demonstrate the strangeness of certain materials. Check out the link to get a kit to make your own gallium spoons. -M...

Music Lessons

This is why we’re making you learn to play guitar/piano/bass/etcetera.  -M
Whole Wide World – Wreckless Eric (by lantzn)

Nature Boy

This is just a good video. Nothing to learn here. Or is there?  -M
Mad Men Theme Song … With a Twist (by VideosRecordedLive)

Symmetry

What’s happening in this video? The associated radio program suggests that the common thread throughout the Universe is asymmetry. What do you think? -M Radiolab...

Ghost Towns

Things don’t always move forward, sometimes they go backward.  -M

(via Ten abandoned cities | Gadling.com)

Hourglass

I realize that before you answer the question “how is an hourglass made,” you might have to answer, “what is an hourglass?”  -M Source: Make: Online | How An Hourglass...