"... Step aboard Discovery and explore the space shuttle in 360. National Air and Space Museum and Google Arts & Culture have teamed up to bring a piece of Hubble’s history to life like never before.... continue reading
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"Ant venom delivery captured, for the first time, in slow-motion (1,000fps) & up-close video. The ants (and stingers) featured in this video are the Florida harvester ant Pogonomyrmex badius and the trap-jaw... continue reading
posted by ant 4 years 10 months ago • 700 views • 3:31YouTube description: A decade ago, engineers found the Humber Bridge had the same problem as many of the world's suspension bridges: unexpectedly fast corrosion. Here's how they fixed it, and how they're... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 942 views • 5:05YouTube 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: I got to see an Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) up close and personal at the Monterey Bay Aquarium recently and I fell in love. These things are the superlative of superlatives. They... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months ago • 1,838 views • 3:58YouTube 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 • 2:39You've probably spun around a coin for fun at some point, but this physics toy uses the physics of a spinning coin to keep spinning faster and faster for up to 2 minutes. As seen on The Big Bang Theory,... continue reading
posted by MicrowaveMeShow 4 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 525 views • 2:02"... The eyes are often the first thing we see when we look at someone. And when you look at them up close, everyone’s eye color is a kaleidoscope of shapes and hues. How does eye color work? The answer... continue reading
posted by ant 5 years 2 weeks ago • 543 views • 6:21President Donald Trump is spreading another grotesque abortion claim —no surprise it’s 100% false. Trump said the following at the same Trump rally that saw a BBC cameraman attacked by a Trump supporter: ... continue reading
posted by newtboy 5 years 1 month 1 week ago • 36 views • 1:48"... We’ve all gotten dizzy before… but have you ever gotten WEIRD DIZZY? I teamed up with Vanessa Hill from BrainCrat to answer the question 'why do we get dizzy?' and in the process we learned about... continue reading
posted by ant 5 years 1 month 1 week ago • 659 views • 9:22YouTube description: Some of the top-selling car brands in the United States are Japanese — Toyota, Honda, and Nissan especially. But the reverse isn't true – General Motors, Ford, and Fiat Chrysler... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 731 views • 7:13"Behavior of mice aboard the International Space Station 20 female mice were transported to the International Space Station by SpaceX CRS-4 Dragon spacecraft. On NASA’s Rodent Habitat, the mice engaged... continue reading
posted by ant 5 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 16 views • 3:42YouTube description: Thierry Coursier had a good life as a logistics worker. His salary was great, his work was comfortable and he sat at a desk all day. But, Thierry wasn’t happy. He gave up his... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 486 views • 2:43This successful test of the upgraded and now human rated Dragon capsule is the first step towards the USA being able to send astronauts to the ISS without hitching a lift on Russian Soyuz spacecraft. ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months ago • 516 views • 4:57YouTube description: A recent study has concluded that people all over the world are probably ingesting microscopic plastic all the time. Now scientists want to know where this plastic is coming from,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 351 views • 5:06YouTube description: After being diagnosed with a rare, potentially fatal brain condition known as Moyamoya, Jennifer Lee was forced to face her own mortality and consider the things in life she held... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 589 views • 10:01YouTube description: "People complain a lot about the space that I take up". Lutenist Elizabeth Kenny explains how and why the theorbo was developed in the 17th century, what it was used for, and... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 782 views • 9:59YouTube description: What would it be like if our eyes could see more colors? We may never be able to answer that, but we can build devices that can do the work for us. Over the last three weeks we've... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 5 months ago • 449 views • 9:29Thanks to a weird golden goal rule. YouTube description: Barbados needed to win by two, but they were only up one. So instead of scoring in the traditional way they intentionally kicked in an own... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 5 months ago • 432 views • 5:35