I built a prawn trap from lawyer cane, sticks and vine. Then I caught some prawns and ate them. Prawn (and fish) traps are simple traps designed to catch aquatic life due to their shape. It consists... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 257 views • 7:16

Youtube - The military coup in Turkey is over and President Recep Erdogan’s crackdown is in full swing. As of this writing, the government has already detained over 10.000 servicemen, among them more... continue reading

posted by RedSky 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 21 views • 12:38

"It’s the biggest sporting event on Earth, with more than 10,000 athletes expected to compete at Rio 2016… here’s the low-down on the records, events and stars of the Olympic Games..."

posted by ant 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 10 views • 3:25

YouTube description: Did you play with glow in the dark toys as a kid? They’re super cool, but kind of mysterious. How do they glow after all? Hank explains the phenomenon in this quick question. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 129 views • 2:37

YouTube description: “How similar are French and Italian?” That's the question I attempt to answer in this video, as I compare and contrast the 2 languages. (replaced embed with updated version,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months ago • 128 views • 9:51

YouTube: We’ve all seen those animals, “Oh my gosh! It’s so cute! I just want to cuddle with it!” Well stop it right now! Remember, that little cutie is a wild animal, so no cuddling. Also, you'll... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 10 months 1 week ago • 22 views • 9:53

NASA's Juno spacecraft captured a unique time-lapse movie of the Galilean satellites in motion about Jupiter. The movie begins on June 12th with Juno 10 million miles from Jupiter, and ends on June 29th,... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 515 views • 2:59

YouTube: You might think of national parks as a nice place to see a geyser, or a big ol’ canyon, but over the past 100 years, US national parks have produced some of the biggest, oldest, deepest, and... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 217 views • 9:38

This very odd one-off pistol first appeared in a 1958 Golden State Arms catalog, with no description of its history or mechanical design. I have often seen it referred to as an automatic revolver, but... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 1 week ago • 155 views • 8:30

I made this bow and arrow using only primitive tools and materials.The bow is 1.25 m (55 inches) long and shoots 60 cm (2 feet) long arrows. I don't know the draw weight - safe to say greater than 15 kg... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 621 views • 5:54

YouTube Description: What has the highest melting point known to us? Hank Green explains in this episode of SciShow. This episode is brought to you by Audible. Go to Audible.com/SciShow for a free 30-day trail. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 524 views • 5:26

YouTube Description: Jellyfish don’t have a heart, or blood, or even a brain. They’ve survived five mass extinctions. And you can find them in every ocean, from pole to pole. What’s their secret?... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 7 months ago • 170 views • 2:56

An interesting riddle - can you sifters solve it, without resorting to the solution in the video (from 1:25)? iflscience: The following riddle is claimed to have been written by Einstein as a boy. It's... continue reading

posted by Zawash 8 years 8 months 1 week ago • 52 views • 5:08

YT: It's our favourite reaction - the barking dog - but in a newly uncovered 3m high tube!

posted by Fantomas 8 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 35 views • 6:31

"Eternal youth wouldn't make us invincible." YouTube: References: Aubert, G. & Lansdorp, P. M. (2008) Telomeres and aging. Physiological Review 88(2): 557–579. http://simonadellemonache.com/dispens... ... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 581 views • 2:58

"It's never been done on the internet. You're going to learn something." YouTube: SYNCHRONIZE WITH DEREK'S VIDEO: http://bit.ly/SouthernSwirl We each repeated the experiment 3 times, and got the... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 897 views • 8:02

YouTube: Hank shares losses and finds this week, including a huge amount of Antarctic ice that’s lost for good, and 10 cool new species that are last year’s top finds.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 12 months ago • 91 views • 5:14

YouTube description: Make a beautiful colour changing liquid from cabbage juice, and explore the science of indicator solutions in this fun chemistry experiment for children. Download the infosheet... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 2 months 1 week ago • 22 views • 3:56

All I can say is, I can't predict what to expect [with relative accuracy] like I used to about 10-15 years ago here in the Pacific NorthWET.

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 2 months 4 weeks ago • 143 views • 2:47

YouTube description: Teach children how to find the beautiful hidden colours in ink and use chromatography to solve mysteries. For info sheets and printable badges, click here: http://rigb.org/experimental/series-2/c... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 276 views • 3:58