I left Japan to get away from this!

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 8 months ago • 1,366 views • 3:48

Via YouTube: Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds. Worshipped and treasured since the dawn of humankind. SEED: The Untold Story follows passionate seed keepers protecting our 12,000-year-old... continue reading

posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 460 views • 4:23

When Dr. John Reid, Chairman of the Trimontium Trust, contacted us and asked for our help in order to shed some light on an ancient mystery, we immediately agreed! Dr. Reid and his team did some excavations... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 344 views • 29:38

Every year, local communities on either side of the Apurimac River Canyon use traditional Inca engineering techniques to rebuild the Q'eswachaka Bridge. The old bridge is taken down and the new bridge... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 10 months 1 week ago • 32 views • 3:16

In the U.S., apple picking season is between August and November. The apples then go into atmosphere controlled cold storage where they hibernate for up to 12 months before being sold. (via digg)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 763 views • 5:18

In Crystal Palace Park, in South London, are 150-year-old dinosaur models: the first ever full-size replicas of extinct animals. But they're... well, they're a bit wrong, and they likely always will be.... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 426 views • 2:02

Welcome to the world of Lucius Popidius Secundus, a 17-year old living in Rome in 73 AD. His life is a typical one of arranged marriages, coming-of-age festivals, and communal baths. Take a look at this... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 331 views • 6:35

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.

This is a recent construction from old schematics, in Holland Massachusetts. It took two years to build. The same type of saw could also be powered by water (in Norway they'd call it oppgangs sag). ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 2 weeks ago • 1,011 views • 8:59

My 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 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,518 views • 10:40

120 years old. Not bad.

posted by nock 8 years 3 months 1 week ago • 304 views • 8:33

"Mishka" the sea otter knows nothing about wildfires, but the 1-year-old did learn what it's like to have trouble breathing when smoke got thick and hovered over Seattle skies.

posted by newtboy 8 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 198 views • 1:47

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 4 months ago • 276 views • 3:58

There was something deeply satisfying about watching a true craftsman doing their thing. This was artisanal beyond my reckoning. I had no good ideas myself on how you'd find and reuse the same hidden... continue reading

posted by SFOGuy 9 years 6 months 1 week ago • 1,045 views • 6:52

YouTube Description: In which John Green teaches you about the United States as it was in the 1990s. You'll remember from last week that the old-school Republican George H.W. Bush had lost the 1992 presidential... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 4 months 1 week ago • 247 views • 15:38

A demonstration of how, possibly, the carabiners that failed for 12 year old Tito Traversa were assembled and how they SHOULD be assembled

posted by VoodooV 1 decade 9 months 3 weeks ago • 71 views • 3:15

This is taken from a radio show called Science Friday. This is about a couple who were inspired to design and build their own tiny house with mobility because they were tired of paying 1200 monthly in... continue reading

posted by Issykitty 1 decade 10 months 3 weeks ago • 5,392 views • 4:37

"Why is the sky blue? It's a question that you'd think kids have been asking for thousands of years, but it might not be that old at all. The ancient Greek poet Homer never used a word for blue in The... continue reading

posted by ant 1 decade 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago • 47 views • 2:52