So, reddit.com had a Q&A with Randall Munroe, aka xkcd, and one of the questions presented was an ASCII art figure from the xkcd comics, with the caption "Sorry, this isn't really a question". Randall... continue reading

posted by demon_ix 1 decade 5 years 2 months ago • 2,071 views • 52 secs

A retrospective montage of imagery from all of the various Star Trek franchises, set to 'The Inner Light' orchestral suite by Jay Chattaway.

posted by arvana 1 decade 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 5,622 views

An explanation of what temperature is as it relates to the energy of a molecule, and the process of how physicists use lasers to cool atoms of gas.

posted by reiwan 1 decade 5 years 1 week ago • 3,506 views

User gluonium recently turned us on to the interview shown at the start of this excellent Horizon special. Here's the whole thing. From Wikipedia: Richard Phillips Feynman was an American physicist... continue reading

posted by wazant 1 decade 7 years 5 months ago • 7,408 views • 49:37

YT: Futurist Ray Kurzweil details the technology timeline leading up to 2029 including the downsides to Singularity.

posted by griefer_queafer 1 decade 4 years 11 months ago • 1,960 views

Science and Humanities, in a tree, K I S S I N G!

posted by berticus 1 decade 4 years 10 months 1 week ago • 4,025 views

Duration 28 minutes 19 seconds. I haven't even watched all of this but it's a brilliant talk ranging from why certain games rake in millions of dollars, the nature of escapism to our need for authenticity... continue reading

posted by Deano 1 decade 4 years 9 months 1 week ago • 3,543 views

Richard Feynman describes a basic science riddle, how mirrors confuse left and right but not up and down.

"Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis pitch their idea for a sitcom about Star Trek: The Next Generation's favorite couple — and, you know, it's not bad. There is something rather charming about the... continue reading

posted by vaporlock 1 decade 4 years 6 months 1 week ago • 2,149 views

Trailer for Java 4-ever

posted by marinara 1 decade 4 years 5 months 1 week ago • 5,084 views

Billy West answering questions and doing voices.

posted by campionidelmondo 1 decade 4 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 5,181 views

Please oh please!

posted by calvados 1 decade 4 years 2 months ago • 3,752 views

A marvelous piano duet performance of John Williams' "Cantina Band" with a ragtime twist.

posted by soulmonarch 1 decade 3 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,951 views • 1:52