The magnificent Azorella compacta may look odd as hell, but this matter Seussian "rug" form is actually quite common among Alpine plants - plants from very high elevations or very high latitudes. It is... continue reading

posted by eric3579 1 year 9 months 1 week ago • 361 views • 2:59

"The Aedes aegypti mosquito, which can transmit dengue fever and Zika, makes a meal of us around our homes. And her eggs are hardy. They can dry out, but remain alive for months, waiting for a little water... continue reading

posted by ant 4 years 1 month 1 week ago • 21 views • 3:51

YouTube description: Ahmed Darwish el Fakhouri spends his days surrounded by olive oil soap stacked up high—each precious bar waiting to be wrapped and sold after a drying out period of two to three... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 2 months 1 week ago • 351 views • 2:24

From 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 2 weeks ago • 241 views • 12:58

YouTube description: On a small island, off the coast of Okinawa in Japan, the world’s most precious kimonos are crafted using a very unusual element: mud. The meticulous technique, which has been... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 2,040 views • 2:50

"... When nutrients from the ocean depths reach the sunlit surface (like in the Galapagos), life is more productive..."

posted by ant 5 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 54 views • 2:56

At the old hut site (the new one being temporarily cut off by flooding) I made lime mortar from the shells of rainforest snails by firing them in a kiln, slaking them in water, mixing them into lime putty.... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 2 months 1 week ago • 406 views • 7:08

YT: I built an A frame hut as a large work space for projects. First I made a celt hatchet to cut timber for the hut. The axe head was made of amphibolite and the handle was made of a species of wattle.... continue reading

posted by nanrod 6 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 524 views • 9:05

I built a natural draft furnace to test ideas about how hot a furnace could get without the use of bellows. Natural draft is the flow of air through a furnace due to rising hot air. The hot gasses in the... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 454 views • 5:46

I made a brick mold that makes bricks 25 x 12.5 x 7.5 cm from wood. A log was split and mortise and tenon joints were carved using a stone chisel and sharp rocks. The mold was lashed together with cane... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 1,024 views • 10:47

The key to making a juicy chicken breast is to not use powdered chicken. The trick is to use dry chicken, then dunk it in water. Mmmm.

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 8 months ago • 98 views • 3:18

YT: The National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, sells Standard Reference Materials, or SRMs for short. They're analysed, quantified, and certified substances: everything from metals, to elements,... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 6 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 474 views • 4:13

I built a water powered hammer called a “Monjolo”. I started by making a water spout from half a hollow log to direct water from the creek. This was set up in the creek and water flowed through it.... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 7 years 2 weeks ago • 1,216 views • 8:51

Y-vaporates and makes it con-cargobonatyed

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 3 weeks ago • 27 views • 4:28

I built this pottery kiln and some pottery from termite mound clay to test an alternative clay source to my usual one from the creek bank. I started by making a large grate from ordinary clay. It was just... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 419 views • 11:27

We love wood here at The Slingshot Channel. It is our most important raw material by a great margin. When we found this 20" piece of European Dogwood (Cornus Sanguinea) while cleaning up the shed, we immediately... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 203 views • 13:07

YouTube description: Meet Professor Jamie Seymour, he milks stuff. But nothing that moos, has hooves, wool or fur. He prefers to live life on the edge, milking the venom from the most venomous animals... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 176 views • 4:26

In this video I build a garden to grow Cassava and yams, two staple food crops. Cassava is a shrub that develops large edible roots. Yams are a climbing vine that produce large, edible underground bulbs... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 99 views • 6:27

YouTube: For a long time we thought the Moon was completely dry, but it turns out there are actually three sources of lunar water.

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 385 views • 6:04