In 1864, Jourdon Anderson and his wife escaped a life of slavery and moved to Ohio. A year later, he received a desperate letter from the man who used to own him, in which he was asked to return to work... continue reading
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YouTube description: In 2015, what we knew about Iron Age shields all changed. And it changed in a field in Leicester... Iron Age Curator Sophia Adams explains the construction of the first organic... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 10 months 2 weeks ago • 144 views • 15:29The F-15 was born from the difficult lessons learned during the Vietnam War. In the late 1950s, Air Force planners were confident that the advent of powerful new radars and long-range air-to-air missiles... continue reading
posted by eric3579 1 year 2 weeks ago • 83 views • 14:21Fly through a wooden warship from the age of sail. 3D illustration and animation.
posted by BSR 1 year 3 weeks ago • 21 views • 25:27Disney researchers have developed an artificial intelligence system that seemingly makes it far easier to make an actor appear younger or older in a scene. While artists will still be able to make manual... continue reading
posted by simonm 1 year 5 months ago • 418 views • 6:48"... on February 19, 1968, NET, National Educational Television, a precursor to PBS, presented the very first episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, one of television's longest running shows, and one... continue reading
posted by ant 1 year 6 months ago • 5 views • 4:40From YouTube, "Our home is burning. Rapid climate change is destabilizing our world. It seems our emissions will not fall quickly enough to avoid runaway warming and we may soon hit tipping points that... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 2 years 3 weeks ago • 145 views • 16:11The winds of change has started. The ICE age is ending. This is the decade of the EV. This will be exceedingly painful for the auto industry
posted by bobknight33 2 years 2 months 1 week ago • 42 views • 8:44YouTube description: Around 750-1250 CE, the Islamic empire made incredible scientific advancements that still influence many fields of research today. What we know about some of the great minds of... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 6 months 1 week ago • 81 views • 10:44Michael Bloomberg read a Washington Post climate article, and actually believed that they were telling the truth. At his age, he should know better.
posted by bobknight33 3 years 9 months 1 week ago • 29 viewsYouTube description: People use boats for all kinds of reasons, and in the same way, there are all kinds, shapes, sizes, and ages of locks used for waterway navigation across the world. Freight is big... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 3 weeks ago • 248 views • 10:37One for the ages - Samuel L Jackson revisits an old classic with an important message - and reads "Stay the F*** at Home". YT: While Jimmy is in quarantine, he checks in with the great Samuel L. Jackson... continue reading
posted by Zawash 4 years 1 month ago • 281 views • 8:35Funerals in the Age of Coronavirus - Ask A Mortician
posted by BSR 4 years 1 month ago • 243 views • 15:27For three centuries, farmers living in the remote mountains of northern Turkey have communicated great distances by whistling. It’s a language called kuş dili that is still used to this day, though... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 4 years 3 months ago • 100 views • 2:41Scientists like Prof Sinclair have evidence of speeding up, slowing, and even reversing aging.
posted by Mordhaus 4 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 137 views • 21:10As the saying goes, you get what you pay for. (via digg.com)
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 1,022 views • 7:10YouTube description: I got to see an Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) up close and personal at the Monterey Bay Aquarium recently and I fell in love. These things are the superlative of superlatives. They... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months ago • 1,838 views • 3:58From Youtube, "Is it possible that butter dry aged steak can be better than a real dry aged steak? Today I am dry aging one whole rib roast for 60 days, one half was in butter and the half other is the... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 5 years 2 months 1 week ago • 241 views • 12:58Kurzgesagt on why we feel lonely in this modern age.
posted by w1ndex 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 427 views • 12:30YouTube description: "People complain a lot about the space that I take up". Lutenist Elizabeth Kenny explains how and why the theorbo was developed in the 17th century, what it was used for, and... continue reading
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