The Rio Las Vacas in Guatemala is one of the most polluted rivers on earth. This small river is estimated to contribute 2% of the total plastic pollution we dump in the oceans yearly. The Ocean Cleanup... continue reading

posted by newtboy 9 months ago • 111 views • 52 secs

Alaska has cancelled this year's snow crab harvest for the first time ever after 90% of the snow crabs disappeared. BILLIONS of snow crabs vanished from the Bering Sea. By why? Why did billions of crabs... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 6 months 1 week ago • 104 views • 11:29

The flight between Papa Westray and Westray takes 80-90 seconds and covers about 2km. Why does it exist? And what's it like? On a rainy day in the Orkney Islands, I went to find out.

posted by newtboy 2 years 8 months 1 week ago • 384 views • 4:32

Ice lost in Greenland means higher sea levels around the world. "Oceans Melting Greenland," a NASA program in its fourth year, is studying the melt. So far, measurements indicate a rate of melt exceeding... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 325 views • 3:27

YouTube description: Dig in to the history of the Roman Empire’s staged gladiatorial naval battles and how they flooded the Colosseum to reenact famous battles. Starting in 80 CE, residents of... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 428 views • 4:20

Nestle, the world’s largest food and beverage company, bottles Michigan’s water for next to nothing and sells it at great profit. And the state has just approved its request to pump even more, despite... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 2 weeks ago • 772 views • 12:07

Inspired by military vehicles, Audi designed a revolutionary all wheel drive system that would take their coupes and sedans where they had never gone before: off road. Join James as he explores the history... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 5 years 5 months ago • 83 views • 14:32

YouTube description: At 30-years-old, Yu Kikuchi was tired of his job. Working in an assembly line that made turbines, he was aching to find a new lease on life. So when he heard about 80-year-old master... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 303 views • 2:46

Tesla Factory Tour with Elon Musk

posted by BSR 5 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 121 views • 15:20

YouTube description: It’s an 1980s pop music cliche that dates back to 1910. If you listen to the first few seconds of Bruno Mars’ “Finesse” (hint: listen to the Cardi B remix) you’ll hear... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 594 views • 9:26

YouTube description: The village of Kamikatsu in Japan has taken their commitment to sustainability to a new level. While the rest of the country has a recycling rate of around 20 percent, Kamikatsu... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 482 views • 4:13

"The four-day post-apocalyptic party in California’s Mojave desert began in 2010 and has seen steady growth each year. While it embraces many influences (video games like Fallout, films like Book Of... continue reading

posted by blacklotus90 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 117 views • 5:30

With all of the global warming a new threat has emerged, the release of methane gas, trapped in methane hydrates on ocean floors. It's release is often referred to as the 'methane bomb'. The last time... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 966 views • 8:37

From YT: Captain Disillusion teams up with Beakman of' Beakman's World' to examine some free energy claims on YouTube, in the most '90s way possible. [The honest to god Beakman... Beakman was sort... continue reading

posted by RFlagg 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 783 views • 12:07

Made from choux pastry, profiteroles are a classic dessert from the 80's. Gordon's take are filled with chantilly cream and topped with chocolate sauce. Beautiful. From Gordon Ramsay's The F Word

posted by Gratefulmom 8 years 1 month ago • 624 views • 2:27

In Wuppertal, Germany, there's the Schwebebahn: a suspended monorail that carries 80,000 people a day above the streets of the city, and above the river Wupper. It's a wonderful thing: but it wasn't the... continue reading

posted by blacklotus90 8 years 3 months 1 week ago • 927 views • 1:52

Bits and Bytes was a Canadian television series, produced by TVOntario in 1983. It starred Luba Goy as the instructor, and Billy Van as the student.

posted by Ashenkase 8 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 19 views • 9:41

Four for five ... how gullible am I? ... er, 80% by gum! You Tube: There are a bunch of facts surrounding the holiday season you probably believe to be true, but totally aren't! Anthony rights a few... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 4 months 1 week ago • 820 views • 3:14

Since it is Labor Day in a good part of the world, here is a video about the incidents at Haymarket Square following the call for workers to strike on May 1st. It picks up on May 3rd. The events would... continue reading

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 3 years ago • 1,238 views • 5:15

From YT: It was a crucial paper in the history of cosmology and described events after the Big Bang - yet it's perhaps better known for a bad joke and an author who wrote nothing. Extra footage about the... continue reading

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 3 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,383 views • 7:23