At the Computer History Museum, in Mountain View, California, there sits a small teapot. It's the world's most famous teapot.
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Published on Oct 26, 2016 In the effort to prove the credibility of the undercover donor featured in the videos and to keep the investigation going, Project Veritas Action made the decision to donate... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 16 views • 17:41"This animation starts with an overview of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. As the camera slowly pushes in, Hurricane Matthew begins to form. By the morning of October 2nd, 2016 Matthew... continue reading
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 7 years 8 months ago • 9 views • 1:29YouTube: As we continue explore free will, today Hank considers a middle ground between hard determinism and libertarian free will: compatibilism. This view seeks to find ways that our internally motivated... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 132 views • 8:55I built this grass hut up on a ridge. It's roughly parallel with the tiled hut and wattle and daub hut that are a couple of hundred meters away down in a valley. I built it on a ridge to get away from... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 11 months ago • 567 views • 4:17YouTube description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-transistors-work-gokul-j-krishnan Modern computers are revolutionizing our lives, performing tasks unimaginable only decades ago.... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 12 months ago • 1,489 views • 4:54YouTube description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-psychology-behind-irrational-decisions-sara-garofalo Often people make decisions that are not “rational” from a purely economical... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 2 weeks ago • 144 views • 4:39YouTube description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-cats-act-so-weird-tony-buffington They’re cute, they’re lovable, and judging by the 26 billion views on over 2 million... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 1 month ago • 730 views • 4:58"The Republican Presidential candidate and business mogul has caused controversy with his views on various sensitive issues, most notably in relation to Muslim citizens living in the U.S. But what else... continue reading
posted by ant 8 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 11 views • 1:47Depression is the leading cause of disability in the world; in the United States, close to ten percent of adults struggle with the disease. But because it’s a mental illness, it can be a lot harder to... continue reading
posted by cricket 8 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 464 views • 4:29"... the medical marijuana community is better educated than the Doctors." YouTube: Mary Jane is all over the news these days. But you'd be surprised how much you don't know about it! In this installment... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 26 views • 6:20YouTube: Recently, a number of outlets, including the Washington Post, reported on a study about the alarming rise in children who were exposed to parents’ marijuana edibles. As always, it’s important... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 171 views • 4:04YT: Decades ago, few pediatricians had heard of autism. In 1975, 1 in 5,000 kids was estimated to have it. Today, 1 in 68 is on the autism spectrum. What caused this steep rise? Steve Silberman points... continue reading
posted by Zawash 8 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 263 views • 13:49YouTube Description: Tuning forks are wonderful tools for teaching physics. In this video and accompanying article, James Lincoln, Physics Teacher at Tarbut V Torah High School highlights 10 enriching... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 207 views • 5:16Using Schlieren optics to show sound waves. How it works and setup at- http://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k16940&pageid=icb.page93268&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent221620&state=maximize&view... continue reading
posted by newtboy 9 years 6 months 1 week ago • 769 views • 2:32YouTube Description: I have narcolepsy with cataplexy, and it can be very frustrating to try to explain what it's like to people who have never seen narcolepsy in real life, and how much of a struggle... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 1,480 views • 4:46Addiction is less prevalent and problematic than we have been led to believe, and drugs have been scapegoated for problems related to poverty and race. Carl Hart, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and... continue reading
posted by cricket 9 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 683 views • 21:17Via Brainpickings. Part 2. Do you ever have that feeling that everyone else is more successful than you? If you think that's bad - try being Leonardo Da Vinci. This is the first of a two-part... continue reading
posted by Trancecoach 9 years 11 months ago • 812 views • 4:25Watch and learn with the boss. (via LiveLeak)
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade ago • 1,406 views • 1:40"View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-many-ways-can-you-arrange-a-deck-of-cards-yannay-khaikin . One deck. Fifty-two cards. How many arrangements? Let's put it this way: Any time you pick... continue reading
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