What do you get when you cross rodeo with skiing? The wild and wacky Skijoring of course. Every winter, thousands of people descend on the old mining town of Leadville, Colorado, high in the Rocky Mountains,... continue reading
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The Rio Las Vacas in Guatemala is one of the most polluted rivers on earth. This small river is estimated to contribute 2% of the total plastic pollution we dump in the oceans yearly. The Ocean Cleanup... continue reading
posted by newtboy 10 months ago • 111 views • 52 secsThe Parkes Radio Telescope, part of CSIRO, is one of the most famous telescopes in the world: and it's got a unique way of getting equipment up and down from the central section. More about the Telescope: ... continue reading
posted by BSR 1 year 4 months 1 week ago • 43 views • 9:15The Scientist's Warning is a film about the journey one scientist takes after one of his research papers sparks a global movement to address the challenges facing our planet. Both scientists and citizens... continue reading
posted by newtboy 1 year 6 months 1 week ago • 120 views • 35:36From YouTube, "Here in the Kurzgesagt labs, we test very important ideas to see what happens when you blow things up or play with black holes. Many of you suggested that we look into an idea that sounds... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 1 year 6 months 4 weeks ago • 89 views • 10:55Enter the world of an undertaker whose family for three generations has cared for both the living and the dead in a small Michigan town, as families navigate loss, grief and mortality. (Aired 2007) ... continue reading
posted by BSR 1 year 7 months 2 weeks ago • 52 views • 53:38Dr. Andrew Huberman discusses how you can feel more energized and sleep better by doing one thing every morning—getting bright sunlight. Dr. Andrew Huberman is a tenured professor of neurobiology... continue reading
posted by eric3579 1 year 9 months 4 weeks ago • 85 views • 6:32The world remains in a state of shock after spectacular satellite images of an undersea volcano erupting on the island of Tonga left a giant mushroom cloud in the Pacific region. With shocking visuals... continue reading
posted by eric3579 2 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 42 views • 4:26It's hard to know if she actually had a coherent point to make here--it sure didn't look like it. At the least, she was poorly served by her staff, which didn't educate her, didn't program her questions,... continue reading
posted by SFOGuy 2 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 1,836 views • 2:12From Youtube, "In and out, in and out. Staying alive is about doing things. This very second, your cells are combusting glucose molecules with oxygen to make energy available, which keeps you alive for... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 3 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 324 views • 11:05Each season has its own distinctive flowers, and in Japan early May sees the wisteria blossom. Many people travel at that time to see fine examples of wisteria, a spreading vine that can be arranged over... continue reading
posted by newtboy 3 years 12 months ago • 388 views • 4:28The World's Biggest Gear Reduction by designer and maker of prototypical machines, devices and tools Daniel de Bruin. This machine visualizes the number googol. That's a 1 with a hundred zeros. A number... continue reading
posted by BSR 4 years 3 months ago • 1,211 viewsIn the fast-flowing streams of eastern Tennessee, Emilly Nolan is working hard to reestablish a population for a strange looking animal with an even stranger array of nicknames. The Eastern hellbender—aka... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 152 views • 6:51As the saying goes, you get what you pay for. (via digg.com)
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 6 months ago • 1,022 views • 7:10What if a Passenger was the ONLY one left to land the plane? Could a passenger theoretically do it, without ANY previous knowledge or training? In todays Special video, I will go through the required... continue reading
posted by BSR 4 years 7 months 1 week ago • 25 views • 31:56From Youtube, "Who FILES A LAWSUIT UNDER THE SEA? A depressed Plankton wakes up and goes to the Krusty Krab one morning without a plan to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula, telling Karen that... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 4 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 48 views • 23:21YouTube description: Something about the Apollo missions always confused me, sure, the step off of the lunar lander’s 91 cm footpad was a small step, but the step just before that was actually enormous! ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 483 views • 14:48YouTube description: People get nervous when they see Märten Ajne ice skating. He intentionally skates on extremely thin ice. Ajne has pursued this dangerous hobby for 40 years and has skated on more... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 861 views • 2:34YouTube description: If you want to drink a cup of tea at the Huashan Teahouse on Mount Hua, you’re going to have to put in the effort to get there. The journey starts with a 20-minute cable car ride.... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 465 views • 2:39What do you get when you take a boxy little hatchback, replace the backseat with a high-performance engine, and add a turbo? You get one of the most badass pieces of automotive engineering thought up by... continue reading
posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 5 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 63 views • 13:02