Watch a Mad Scientist YouTuber Make Lightning in a Bottle From Mercury and Neon
YouTuber Drake 'Styropyro' Anthony demonstrates the creation of a mercury-based plasma light bulb using historical scientific methods. The video highlights the triboelectric effect while showcasing the creator's hands-on approach to experimental physics.
The cliché is that the only certainties in life are death and taxes. I submit, however, that that particular aphorism lacks vision. If you’re a habitual YouTube viewer and/or someone with an interest in science, you’ll already know that there are at least two more things on which you can rely: that anything uploaded by Drake “Styropyro” Anthony will be both a) worth watching and b) at least mildly terrifying.
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