"Olympic sports are contested in the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games. They are Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics. Besides, there are two more Olympics. They are Special Olympics and Paralympics.... continue reading

posted by ant 2 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 15 views • 2:40

From Youtube, "Let us explore the scientific mystery of what would happen to you if Earth suddenly turned into gold! The “Midaspocalypse”, based on the ancient tale of King Midas who was cursed so... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 3 years 2 months ago • 80 views • 9:17

YouTube description: Giant Mine sits near Yellowknife, in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Once it was a productive gold mine, but after the gold ran out, the mining company went bankrupt and left... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 470 views • 4:34

US Car Number 1, the Ferdinand Magellan, sits in the Gold Coast Railway Museum in Miami. It's 120 tonnes of bulletproof, armoured railcar: a train carriage designed to move the President of the United... continue reading

posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 1 month 1 week ago • 398 views • 4:59

He's given a TED talk too, https://www.ted.com/talks/andres_ruzo_the_mythical_boiling_river_of_the_amazon YouTube description: When Andrés Ruzo was a boy, his grandfather would tell him tales of... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 2,029 views • 2:34

The Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is considered by the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy to be the "best drink in existence". While almost impossible to make on planet Earth, I needed to see if its effects... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 24 views • 6:55

"We're all familiar with Pomp & Circumstance, the graduation song that's the official soundtrack of almost every commencement. But how did it get so big? In this episode of Vox's Almanac, Phil Edwards... continue reading

posted by ant 6 years 12 months ago • 132 views • 5:34

Enterprising Aussies have started using a common potato, a torch, and some Borax to smelt their gold dust and nuggets into ingots.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months 1 week ago • 247 views • 7:11

YouTube description: Greenford, Middlesex. An item about the manufacture of wallpaper. C/U on stuffed birds. C/U of an artist painting the birds in a design. Various shots of artists designing... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 446 views • 2:52

YouTube description: Engineers that work with fluids need a solid understanding of how they behave, and there’s one branch of fluid mechanics that plays a role in areas all across our lives. Whether... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 11 months ago • 116 views • 10:07

YouTube description: Dirt is probably the cheapest and simplest construction material out there, but it's not very strong compared to other choices. Luckily geotechnical engineers have developed a way... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 12 months ago • 930 views • 7:53

To quote her own presentation: - Our fears about debt and deficits are driven by an outdated gold standard ideology - Money is not a finite "thing" - Deficits can be too big or too small - The goal... continue reading

posted by radx 8 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 278 views • 1:18:38

More evidence that those in the inner circle "elite" know what's up, but preach something else (often for their own gain). Here, Alan Greenspan (finally) comes clean, albeit "too late." Via Voices... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 9 years 6 months ago • 104 views • 4:52

Gold from Outer Space - Periodic Table of Videos FOR SCIENCE!!!!

posted by BoneRemake 1 decade 2 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 890 views • 6:21

You tube : We take a very close look at a very small speck of gold.

posted by BoneRemake 1 decade 3 years 3 weeks ago • 3,280 views • 6:23