"A truly X-cellent and X-ceptional video… ... Despite being one of the rarest letters in English, the letter X is everywhere. We sign letters with it, we rate movies with it, we name all sorts of things... continue reading
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The F-15 was born from the difficult lessons learned during the Vietnam War. In the late 1950s, Air Force planners were confident that the advent of powerful new radars and long-range air-to-air missiles... continue reading
posted by eric3579 1 year 1 month ago • 83 views • 14:21Presidential Historian Tom Naftali explains a CSPAN survey that asked 142 presidential historians and historical observers of the presidency to rate all the US presidents. Abraham Lincoln came in at the... continue reading
posted by newtboy 2 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 11 views • 3:44Here I describe direct biological connections between our breathing, our brain and our heart rate. This can be used to quickly de-stress or to increase energy and alertness. -yt
posted by eric3579 3 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 566 views • 2:13Red 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 • 2:32Another Republican based anti-Trump group has started producing commercials. At this rate, the Democrats can just hold onto their campaign funds, the Republicans are doing better at selling Democrats... continue reading
posted by newtboy 3 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 44 views • 1:11Ice lost in Greenland means higher sea levels around the world. "Oceans Melting Greenland," a NASA program in its fourth year, is studying the melt. So far, measurements indicate a rate of melt exceeding... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 325 views • 3:27The frozen continent of Antarctica contains the vast majority of all freshwater on Earth. Now that ice is melting at an accelerating rate, in part because of climate change. What does this transformation... continue reading
posted by newtboy 5 years 4 weeks ago • 36 views • 10:16This 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 2 months 1 week ago • 516 views • 4:57The days of 90% tax rates are so far gone most people do not believe they ever existed.
posted by C-note 5 years 7 months 1 week ago • 9 views • 4:31Back in the 1990s, Portugal faced a heroin crisis. Most people knew someone affected by the lethal drug. Just two decades later, the country has one of the lowest drug-related death rates in the world.... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 497 views • 3:43Between 1950 and 1970 the number of deaths on Sweden's roads more than doubled. Today though, it has one of the world’s lowest rates of traffic fatalities. This is the story of how the Swedish Government... continue reading
posted by b4rringt0n 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,871 views • 3:31YouTube description: The village of Kamikatsu in Japan has taken their commitment to sustainability to a new level. While the rest of the country has a recycling rate of around 20 percent, Kamikatsu... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 482 views • 4:13Infuriating [E!] YouTube: The US has a problem with income inequality. The current tax code makes it worse.
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 7 months 1 week ago • 596 views • 8:47YouTube description: This is how we go from single cells to people. EVO-DEVO Huxley B. Mac. Oh Carroll, Carroll Gould, Stephen Jay yeah D-D-D-D-Davidson and Peter See One cell divide and... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 923 views • 4:46Instead of Punishing People YouTube: Substance abuse and addiction are terrible for addicts health, and they're really tough on family and friends. Addiction also drives up the violent crime rate, and... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 10 months 1 week ago • 686 views • 5:37The Lahti L-39 is a Finnish 20 mm anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It had excellent accuracy, penetration and range, but its size made transportation difficult. It was nicknamed "Norsupyssy"... continue reading
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