"Donald discovers the everyday opportunities of math and why math is useful..." From http://boingboing.net/2016/11/16/donald-duck-is-a-quite-effecti.html ...
posted by ant 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 107 views • 27:36Videos (39) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
Published on Mar 11, 2012 Sometimes a single unlikely idea can have massive impact across the world. Sir Harold Evans, the author of They Made America, describes how frustration drove Malcom McLean,... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 8 years 1 week ago • 475 views • 4:47My 11 year old shared this with me, telling me he wished he was growing up where this would have been available to him. Via YouTube: Kids Gone Wild: looking at life in kindergarten… Danish-style
posted by Gratefulmom 8 years 3 weeks ago • 1,518 views • 10:40Uploaded on Apr 11, 2011 We shot this film a few years ago for the company Mammoet. It shows how they moved the BP Clair module on to a barge.
posted by bobknight33 8 years 2 months 1 week ago • 287 views • 8:15An 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 7 months 4 weeks ago • 52 views • 5:08"Train your fish to become the next Pelé with this goldfish soccer game. Included in this unique fish training kit - yes, fish can be trained! ..." From http://bbs.boingboing.net/t/jon-stewart-on-charleston-massacre-... continue reading
posted by ant 8 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 84 views • 4:17YouTube 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 ago • 276 views • 3:58The Newsroom does a piece on climate change. Motherjones.com fact checked their take here.... http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2014/11/climate-desk-fact-checks-aaron-sorkins-climate-science-newsroom
posted by newtboy 9 years 5 months 1 week ago • 1,347 views • 4:49SciShow News explains the latest climate weirdness, and why the Global Warming Hiatus wasn’t really what it sounded like. Plus, see how humans have harnessed the climbing power of the gecko! -yt Sources: ... continue reading
posted by eric3579 9 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 237 views • 5:04More evidence that those in the inner circle "elite" know what's up, but preach something else (often for their own gain). Here, Alan Greenspan (finally) comes clean, albeit "too late." Via Voices... continue reading
posted by Trancecoach 9 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 104 views • 4:52The next time they tell you about climbing a pineapple tree, have them upvote my video.
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 9 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 910 views • 1:30"Strategically deployed at stations throughout the system and involved in up to 1,000 train trips a month, the Amtrak Police Department K-9 teams provide a psychological and physical deterrent to potential... continue reading
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 9 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 31 views • 6:08"Graham cracker ... notes of water ... dirty asphalt ... burnt rubber ... notes of potato chips ... "
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 9 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 1,660 views • 2:46YouTube Description: are you an uninsured American? Check out: https://www.healthcare.gov Music by http://www.youtube.com/JakeChudnow and http://www.audionetwork.com Mental Floss "micromorts"... continue reading
posted by Janine V. (Lilithia) 1 decade 1 month 2 weeks ago • 278 views • 8:06YouTube: Hanu Dixit music: https://www.youtube.com/user/HanuDixit0003 Vsauce video about the FRAME RATE of the eye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buSaywCF6E8 Feature Film numbers [PDF]: http://www.uis.unesco.org... continue reading
posted by Janine V. (Lilithia) 1 decade 1 month 3 weeks ago • 383 views • 9:43... then why are they "spilling the beans" with this video? Cats!
posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 2 months 1 week ago • 97 views • 1:12Vimeo: A visual remix of the famous 2003 Harvard Dialect Survey, which maps out the various dialects of American speech. Read the full article on the film here: theatlantic.com/video/archive/2013/11/soda-vs-pop-vs-coke-... continue reading
posted by Janine V. (Lilithia) 1 decade 5 months 1 week ago • 555 views • 4:04YouTube Description: Sleep is for the weak. So is lunch.Music: https://soundcloud.com/topaz-1
posted by aaronfr 1 decade 1 year 1 month 1 week ago • 3,215 views • 1:38(youtube) We're exploring the world of Chicken Nuggets and Frobenius numbers. 43 has long been a special number in the world of McNugget mathematics, but 11 is also important!
posted by pumkinandstorm 1 decade 1 year 6 months 4 weeks ago • 736 views • 5:43