YouTube: Evidence strongly suggests that men have, on average, a shorter lifespan than women, but scientists aren't exactly sure why that is. Check out today's QQ to learn more about this mortality mystery.
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YouTube: Radiation is all around us, and when you travel by plane, you’re exposed to cosmic radiation. So what does this mean for our health? Does air travel expose us to unsafe radiation levels? Check... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 51 views • 2:29UPDATE: We're still working on a species ID with our science partners at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, but currently we're thinking the purple orb is a pleurobranch, a nudibranch relative.... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 10 months 1 week ago • 219 views • 3:12YouTube description: Have ever wondered how digital illustrations are made? This video explains the basics. Help us keep making videos by supporting us in https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth We try... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years ago • 483 views • 3:49As one who stays up all night, I get to hear some spectacularly melodious examples beginning as early as 3AM. Always delightful. YouTube: You’re having a dream, and for some reason that giant rabbit... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 4 weeks ago • 57 views • 2:10YouTube description: Freezer burn, what's your deal? Why are you ruining our dinner plans? Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 1 month 1 week ago • 256 views • 1:47YouTube description: There is extreme fishing and then is going to such extremes that you have a rod and a worm-like lure fused to your face. Quite frankly it's the type of commitment we admire. Meet... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 271 views • 6:32YouTube description: A massive document leak reveals the secrets of shell companies. Matt Yglesias explains, adapting an analogy from reddit user DanGliesack: https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikei... ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 392 views • 2:07YouTube Description: What has the highest melting point known to us? Hank Green explains in this episode of SciShow. This episode is brought to you by Audible. Go to Audible.com/SciShow for a free 30-day trail. ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 4 months ago • 524 views • 5:26YouTube Description: And how it got its name. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO El Niño is a weather phenomenon that occurs irregularly in the eastern tropical Pacific every... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 1,145 views • 2:59Talk about a letdown. Check out this runner from Oregon celebrating his win a bit too early.
posted by newtboy 9 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,320 views • 29 secsyT "Scotty Kilmer, mechanic for the last 46 years, shows how you can quickly check out a used car BEFORE you buy a potential lemon"
posted by blackfox42 9 years 2 months 1 week ago • 987 views • 4:35The Newsroom does a piece on climate change. Motherjones.com fact checked their take here.... http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2014/11/climate-desk-fact-checks-aaron-sorkins-climate-science-newsroom
posted by newtboy 9 years 6 months ago • 1,347 views • 4:49YouTube: Michio Kaku describes how our prefrontal cortex disengages as we dream, thus suppressing the fact-checking component of our consciousness.
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 124 views • 4:42Thanks to Visually (http://Visual.ly) for facilitating the creation of this video, to http://youtube.com/kurzgesagt for the animation, and to The Prison Policy Initiative for research help and fact checking.... continue reading
posted by eric3579 1 decade 1 month 4 weeks ago • 1,435 views • 3:41YouTube Description: are you an uninsured American? Check out: https://www.healthcare.gov Music by http://www.youtube.com/JakeChudnow and http://www.audionetwork.com Mental Floss "micromorts"... continue reading
posted by Janine V. (Lilithia) 1 decade 2 months 1 week ago • 278 views • 8:06YouTube Description: First and last songs by Zach McCoy CHECK HIM OUT: https://zachmccoy.bandcamp.com/ Zach McCoy on YouTube: http://youtu.be/L5QONwu_grc http://youtu.be/BAHYLTbMNuw other music... continue reading
posted by Janine V. (Lilithia) 1 decade 5 months ago • 989 views • 9:46Vimeo: A visual remix of the famous 2003 Harvard Dialect Survey, which maps out the various dialects of American speech. Read the full article on the film here: theatlantic.com/video/archive/2013/11/soda-vs-pop-vs-coke-... continue reading
posted by Janine V. (Lilithia) 1 decade 6 months 1 week ago • 555 views • 4:04Coach Kevin Kelly of the Pulaski Academy Bruins never punts because statistically he doesn't feel it gives him an advantage. Check out the stats at the end of the video to see if it's working.
posted by nock 1 decade 6 months 2 weeks ago • 238 views • 6:31As an ESL teacher I find this kind of stuff fascinating! Description (from You Tube): eBay Deals investigates Yale University economist Keith Chen's study on "The Effect of Language on Economic Behavior."... continue reading
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