sure, they seem like a biological weapon that emanated from the pits of hell. talk about axis of evil. maybe it s the universe s way of telling our gadget-crazy society chill out, people. talk on the phone less, don t text so much. put it down, turn it off. you know what? i m rooting for the ants. and still to come, actor, comedian and activist russell brand gets serious. he joins us next. but first, tonight s shout-out. this is a building implosion i want to show you. it s an 11-story building on new york city s governors island blown up over the weekend. look at that. that s how it should be done, people. it used to house coast guard families, but it hadn t been used since 1996. it wasn t up to code, so they decided to destroy it. our shout out goes to the demolition experts who brought down that 45-year-old building watch this in ten seconds, people. and no one was injured. our fifth story outfront, russell brand.
before they get electrocuted. it s a huge problem with no end in sight because the pesticides that kill most ant species do not work on the crazy ants. now, despite all of the problems, i can t decide how i feel about these ants. sure, they keem like a biological weapon that emanated from the pits of hell talk about axis of evil, right? maybe they re heaven scent. it s the universe s way of telling our society chill out, people, you should talk on the phone a little less, you don t need to talk so much, put it down, turn it off. you know what, i m rooting for the ants. still to come, actor, comedian and activist russell brands gets serious. he joins us next. first, tonight s shoutout. this is incredible. this is a building implosion. it s on new york city s governor s island blown up over the weekend. look at that. that s how it should be done, people. it used to house coast guard families but hadn t been used since 1996. it wasn t up to code. so they decided to destroy it. our s
some dust. they call it nano thermite. if you apply it in a certain way, it can melt metal under certain conditions. they claim there s bombs in the building and now they say there s some kind of nano thermite and you talk to demolition experts and the whole idea is ridiculous. what it shows is how the conspiracy theories keep evolving. they don t change their conclusions but come up with new evidence. their best evidence is grains of dust found in the street near ground zero. supposedly, who was behind that? the federal government? everybody has their own theory. everybody as their own favorite villian. particularly this week, it s hard to believe it was 10 years ago that all of that happened. check out the new book called debunking 9/11 myths. jim meigs, thanks so much for joining us today from popular mechanics. great to be here. great. holy wars have been fought for centuries but u.s. soldiers might not hear about them during training because some don t want teacher