Tom Scott's illegitimate son goes to Boston to look into the engineering obstacles behind an intercontinental tunnel.

posted by w1ndex 9 months ago • 117 views • 10:04

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 1 year 11 months ago • 981 views • 2:32

The World's Biggest Gear Reduction by designer and maker of prototypical machines, devices and tools Daniel de Bruin. This machine visualizes the number googol. That's a 1 with a hundred zeros. A number... continue reading

posted by BSR 2 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 1,207 views

From Youtube, "Neutron stars are one of the most extreme and violent things in the universe. Giant atomic nuclei, only a few kilometers in diameter but as massive as stars. And they owe their existence... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 2 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 760 views • 8:41

After more than four decades of forced silence, some of the last surviving atomic soldiers share their unfathomable experiences of the atomic bomb tests in the 1950s

posted by bobknight33 3 years ago • 117 views • 22:53

If you irritate Godzilla by talking or texting while he's telling his stories, you get the Atomic Breath. Got it? That goes for you too, Minilla. This magnificent stop-motion masterpiece was created... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 3 weeks ago • 1,465 views • 1:48

I may be one of the largest repositories of random, useless knowledge but I had absolutely no idea this happened.

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 10 months ago • 581 views • 12:17

Cody's take on an atomic bomb detonated deep underwater.

posted by w1ndex 3 years 11 months 1 week ago • 160 views • 5:27

Uhoh YouTube: Most systems and machines people design break from time to time. That also applies to the United States' nuclear weapons. This video was originally published in June 2015.

posted by PlayhousePals 5 years 6 months ago • 922 views • 3:50

YouTube: Turns out, two atomic clocks are indeed better than one. And what role does sleep play in memory suppression?

posted by PlayhousePals 5 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 25 views • 4:41

Amazing? ... not the first word that comes to mind [for me anyway].

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 65 views • 3:09

..And this time it's P for Perception! YT: Following total atomic annihilation, the rebuilding of this great nation of ours may fall to you. That’s why Vault-Tec has prepared this educational video... continue reading

posted by Zawash 6 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 486 views • 2:36

"But the black hole wouldn't stop with just you ... "

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 638 views • 3:38

YT "Bill shows the world's smallest atomic clock and then describes how the first one made in the 1950s worked. He describes in detail the use of cesium vapor to create a feedback or control loop to control... continue reading

posted by blackfox42 7 years 1 week ago • 544 views • 4:33

"... 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 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 24 views • 4:47

Stay curious!

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 5 months 1 week ago • 314 views • 5:02

"... ships and shoes and sealing wax and cabbages and kings." Random! From the apex of the cartoon age, this is a classic 1950's "educational" propaganda short. The climax unabashedly extols the benefits... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 4 months ago • 91 views • 14:43