YouTube description: Conceived in the open sea, tiny spaceship-shaped sea urchin larvae search the vast ocean to find a home. After this incredible odyssey, they undergo one of the most remarkable transformations... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 658 views • 3:23Videos (34) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
As urban populations continue to rise, innovators are looking beyond traditional farming as a way to feed everyone while having less impact on our land and water resources. Vertical farming is one solution... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 10 months 1 week ago • 832 views • 3:38YouTube description: We've reached peak lens flare. Vox's Phil Edwards explains how it happened. Lens flare: it's familiar from the very shiny work of J.J. Abrams, but it goes far beyond his flare-strewn... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 987 views • 4:25Sacks of Water, prepare to have your minds blown. From YouTube: "Does water have a fourth phase, beyond solid, liquid and vapor? University of Washington Bioengineering Professor Gerald Pollack... continue reading
posted by chicchorea 8 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 1,037 views • 24:15YouTube: Disenchanted with the out-of-date curriculum of traditional college, Jeremy Rossmann dropped out of MIT. Within a few years, he and co-founder Ashu Desai, started The Make School, a college replacement... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 493 views • 4:02YouTube: We’ve already discussed drug names, generic and “brand” ones. But are there differences beyond the words? That’s the topic of this week’s Healthcare Triage.
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 6 months 1 week ago • 293 views • 9:17"Apparently, your biggest enemy is not lions and tigers and bears ..." YouTube: What were the first organisms to have sex? We may never know the answer, but as Bill Nye explains in this Big Think interview,... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 235 views • 3:58There 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 5 months 2 weeks ago • 1,045 views • 6:52Energy is neither created nor destroyed — and yet the global demand for it continues to increase. But where does energy come from, and where does it go? Joshua M. Sneideman examines the many ways in... continue reading
posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 9 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 292 views • 4:44Neatorama: DIY fanatics like myself consider Adam Savage (of Mythbusters fame) to be one of the gods of DIY. The man can build really cool stuff out of a pile of random stuff, and his diverse skillset,... continue reading
posted by Zawash 9 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 255 views • 43:41New crazy applications for 3D printing in coming decades, especially for healthcare, well beyond today's uses of building toys and tools.
posted by messenger 1 decade 5 months 2 weeks ago • 927 views • 3:16YT: "The concept of nothing is as old as zero itself. How do we grapple with the concept of nothing? From the best laboratory vacuums on Earth to the vacuum of space to what lies beyond, the idea of nothing... continue reading
posted by Fletch 1 decade 1 year 1 month 3 weeks ago • 210 views • 1:54:00YouTube Description: French numbers can pose problems for non-native speaker - especially when you move beyond 70. Also discussing problems with phone numbers and commas!Featuring Dr Paul Smith from... continue reading
posted by Zifnab 1 decade 1 year 1 month 3 weeks ago • 469 views • 9:56Dig in - To the sift grave Voodoo From beyond the sift grave ! Shovels and noodles, cheese and eggs. Nom Nom !@
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