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Scientists discover a new species lurking in the depths of the southern ocean. This is the Antarctic Strawberry Feather Star. Researchers describe it as a large (8”) creature with 20 arms.
posted by newtboy 8 months 3 weeks ago • 93 views • 37 secs2023 Florida is home to about 800,000 undocumented immigrants, and many work in the kinds of businesses that would be impacted by the law, known as SB 1718. Many of those affected are also members of mixed-status... continue reading
posted by newtboy 11 months ago • 98 views • 7:32At 2994 meters on a never-before-surveyed seamount north of Johnston Atoll, the team made a thrilling discovery — the chance to examine an animal spotted for the very first time in the Pacific Ocean!... continue reading
posted by newtboy 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago • 213 views • 1:46Scientists have long been marveled by the secrets of the Universe. However, the more they discover, the much more they realize they haven't even started scratching the surface! Much of the limitation... continue reading
posted by BSR 2 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 48 views • 10:32The 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 3 months 3 weeks ago • 42 views • 4:26Dorothea Lange’s photos of the incarceration of Japanese Americans went largely unseen for decades. US President Franklin D. Roosevelt passed Executive Order 9066 in February 1942 — two months... continue reading
posted by eric3579 2 years 4 months ago • 82 views • 14:39The human immune system is the most complex biological system we know, after the human brain, and yet, most of us never learn how it works. Or what it is. Your immune System consists of hundreds of tiny... continue reading
posted by eric3579 2 years 9 months 1 week ago • 724 views • 10:48The multiverse hypothesis or theory holds that a group of multiple universes (possibly infinite universes) comprise everything that exists: The entirety of space, time, matter, energy, information, and... continue reading
posted by BSR 2 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 143 views • 10:03From 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 ago • 324 views • 11:05An amazingly thorough deep dive into the acoustic engineering, materials science, and construction of a beautiful pair of speakers. "We construct a pair of large Voigt speakers. I explain the principles... continue reading
posted by blacklotus90 3 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 375 views • 52:56From Youtube, "What started as a simple desire for a better arc lighter got carried away and I ended up making the scariest device I've ever built. In this video I tested a plasma lighter and attempted... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 3 years 9 months 1 week ago • 55 views • 26:02https://www.iter.org/ In southern France, 35 nations* are collaborating to build the world's largest tokamak, a magnetic fusion device that has been designed to prove the feasibility of fusion as a... continue reading
posted by eric3579 3 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 930 views • 7:59Red sprites, secondary jets and newly discovered green afterglow called "ghosts" triggered by red sprites. A dozen vibrant red sprites were recorded on this evening and only two events had the green afterglow.... continue reading
posted by newtboy 3 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 985 views • 2:32Convenience stores around the world always have a large variety of sandwiches in stock. Here's how they're made in mass quantities.
posted by newtboy 4 years 3 months 1 week ago • 3,017 views • 5:57From Youtube, "Dianna from Physics Girl visited CERN in Geneva Switzerland to find out what the detectors at the LHC are looking for, and dive into the fundamental question: what are particles? Creator/Host:... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 4 years 4 months 1 week ago • 294 views • 14:44YouTube description: This translucent Deepstaria jelly unfurled as it whorled and shapeshifted in currents created by ROV Hercules' thrusters. Its bright red resident isopod, a relative of the pillbug,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 793 views • 5:43YouTube description: Continuing the series on the power grid by diving deeper into the engineering of large-scale electricity generation.
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 579 views • 9:59YouTube description: At the University of Canterbury, in Christchurch, New Zealand, the team at Mars Bioimaging are using detector equipment originally developed for the Large Hadron Collider, and putting... continue reading
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