Red 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 10 months 3 weeks ago • 941 views • 2:32

Writing in the Geophysical Research Letters, NASA says a review of Voyager 2’s old data from 1986 showed that Uranus vented a giant blob of gas into space. This pocket of ionized gas, a plasma structure... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,107 views • 6:40

From Youtube, "Is it possible that butter dry aged steak can be better than a real dry aged steak? Today I am dry aging one whole rib roast for 60 days, one half was in butter and the half other is the... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 2 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 235 views • 12:58

YouTube description: Follow along as Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in Chicago works to conserve and restore this icon of Ave Maria. This piece was likely created in a workshop... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 5 months 1 week ago • 416 views • 11:31

YouTube description: Vanguard 1 was the 4th satellite launched, after being beaten by Sputnik 1, 2 and Explorer 1, it also suffered from multiple high profile launch failures. However, 60 years on it's... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 3 months ago • 407 views • 6:41

John Oliver is not afraid to put his money where his mouth is. Back in February, realizing that President Trump gets most of his ideas from cable news, the Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight host purchased... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 years 2 months 1 week ago • 591 views • 1:37

"Like the baby Jesus tip toeing down me throat in a pair of slippers!" Irish Poitín (Moonshine) was outlawed in the 1600s and recently, legal versions of the drink have come on the market. These vary... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 369 views • 4:16

Via YouTube: A new study led by the U.K.’s Queen Mary University has found that even relatively simple animals like bumblebees can teach other how to perform somewhat complex tasks such as pulling a... continue reading

posted by Gratefulmom 4 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 594 views • 1:11

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 4 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 19 views • 12:38

An interview with a man who after 60 years of mariage talks of his worries that his wife will forget him with her oncoming dememtia.

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 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 617 views • 5:54

"... buckyballs are all around us." YouTube: In 1985, scientists discovered that 60 carbon atoms could join up to form one big soccer ball shape: a buckyball! It’s a strange little molecule.

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 1 month ago • 24 views • 4:47

YouTube Description: In 1991, Cuba's economy began to implode. "The Special Period in the Time of Peace" was the government's euphemism for what was a culmination of 30 years worth of isolation. It... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 1,567 views • 8:30

YouTube Description: British physicist Brian Cox is challenged by the presenter of Radio 4's 'Life Scientific', Jim Al-Khalili, to explain the rules of quantum mechanics in just a minute. Brian succeeds;... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 1,278 views • 1:25

YouTube Description: 60% of the time, these facts are great every time.

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 6 months ago • 329 views • 1:32

This segment depressed me -- our innate tribalism seems to be hardcoded.

posted by Gale Wallis (bareboards2) 8 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 1,374 views • 13:33

The numberphile guys, who also do the Sixty Symbols videos, take a look at the number 42. Douglas Adams would have turned 60 on March 11th, 2012.

posted by RFlagg 9 years 3 months 1 week ago • 1,168 views • 8:42

Sixty Symbols

posted by BoneRemake 9 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 958 views • 9:17