"During a hurricane you usually hear meteorologists refer to its intensity by categories. If you don't know the difference between a category 1 and a category 5 hurricane, The Weather Channel meteorologist... continue reading
posted by ant 7 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 70 views • 1:51Videos (44) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (543) |
This French PSA is going viral. Fake car noise is blared at jaywalkers in a crosswalk, simulating a car screeching towards them at speed with it's brakes locked. The reactions are priceless, and caught... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 5 months 1 week ago • 1,452 views • 1:55Did you know you could measure the speed of light using your microwave oven? Then you might like to know how the oven works.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 20 views • 10:01YouTube description: In the high-speed world of rally car racing, you’re only as good as your co-driver. As these racers speed around hairpin turns on unpaved, narrow roads, drivers must rely on the... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 9 months ago • 540 views • 4:06The killer punch of the mantis shrimp is the fastest strike in the animal kingdom, a skill that goes hand in hand with its extraordinary eyesight. They can see an invisible level of reality using polarized... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 37 views • 4:00YouTube description: In something like water, particles like electrons can beat light in a race – and cause a blue glow to prove it. Hosted by: Caitlin Hofmeister... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 1 month ago • 341 views • 3:07When Dr. John Reid, Chairman of the Trimontium Trust, contacted us and asked for our help in order to shed some light on an ancient mystery, we immediately agreed! Dr. Reid and his team did some excavations... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 8 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 344 views • 29:38Pinballs can move at speeds of up to 5 yards per second! You need to have quick reflexes in order to be a pinball wizard! Source: YouTube
posted by lolz 8 years 6 months 1 week ago • 142 views • 2:03YouTube description: There is extreme fishing and then is going to such extremes that you have a rod and a worm-like lure fused to your face. Quite frankly it's the type of commitment we admire. Meet... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 272 views • 6:32YouTube description: A massive document leak reveals the secrets of shell companies. Matt Yglesias explains, adapting an analogy from reddit user DanGliesack: https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikei... ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 392 views • 2:07Inspiring talk about the first Response Team at the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy.
posted by luxury_pie 8 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 900 views • 44:56Exploding molten salt - what happens and why (probably, anyway) - this is the full video. :) From a YT comment: Clearly the explosion is down to the analogue imbalance transition within the hyperbolic... continue reading
posted by Zawash 8 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 583 views • 8:45The best in show... 2015. Science breakthrough edition with speed talker Hank
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 10 months ago • 188 views • 4:54YouTube Description: And how it got its name. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO El Niño is a weather phenomenon that occurs irregularly in the eastern tropical Pacific every... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 1,145 views • 2:59This is the follow on to the first video---http://videosift.com/video/The-precision-repair-of-a-wooden-boat--- Here, he finishes off the bow of the boat. It's a beautiful piece of work, on a wooden... continue reading
posted by SFOGuy 9 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 700 views • 3:45Derek discusses how the universe is expanding faster than the speed of light. My brain hurts.
posted by nanrod 1 decade 5 months ago • 793 views • 5:46YouTube Description: A new clip from Red Bull sees Daniel Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel explain the 2014 Formula One regulations -- which are arguably the most complex the sport has ever seen. At... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 7 months 3 weeks ago • 905 views • 3:28With a flexible spine and feet like tire treads, the cheetah is built not only for speed - but for unrivaled acceleration. -yt
posted by eric3579 1 decade 1 year 5 months 2 weeks ago • 3,438 views • 3:03A bit of glass made by dropping liquid glass into water is called a Prince Rupert's Drop. It has some very weird properties, including being nearly indestructible at one end, and super vulnerable at the... continue reading
posted by messenger 1 decade 1 year 7 months 1 week ago • 3,955 views • 6:39Compression of time during travel near the speed of light has some interesting and significant consequences.
posted by messenger 1 decade 1 year 7 months 4 weeks ago • 446 views • 8:37