Have you ever wondered what happens when a star explodes? In this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson dives into the fascinating phenomenon of a star explosion in the constellation Corona Borealis, specifically... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 months 1 week ago • 58 views • 8:45

From YouTube, "The Earth is a gigantic ball of semi-molten rock, with a heart of iron as hot as the surface of the Sun. Titanic amounts of heat left over from its birth and the radioactive decay of trillions... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 2 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 354 views • 11:59

the takeaways from this video...when it was posted; the slogan 'x matters'; a simple healthcare measure still unavailable for many and how control of a women's life, or the most humane way to prevent abortions,... continue reading

posted by luxintenebris 2 years 11 months 1 week ago • 126 views • 2:53

Professors John Kemeny and Tom Kurtz along with a band of Dartmouth undergraduates invent the Basic computer language.

posted by bobknight33 3 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 9 views • 38:13

President Donald Trump is spreading another grotesque abortion claim —no surprise it’s 100% false. Trump said the following at the same Trump rally that saw a BBC cameraman attacked by a Trump supporter: ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 5 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 36 views • 1:48

YouTube description: The Ganges River is a highly revered site by Hindus and an iconic, historical epicenter in India. As hundreds of millions of people visit the Ganges each year, there is a dedicated... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 5 months ago • 150 views • 2:26

YouTube: I have always thought that sex ed and statistics should be the same course. There's no better way to show how vital stats is to your every day life than to look at statistics. Probabilities... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 411 views • 3:56

"That ruins a perfectly good banana."

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 11 months ago • 352 views • 6:14

"... Tommy Edison, who has been blind since birth, visits the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium (http://www.healthebay.org) to experience sea creatures for the first time in his life..."

posted by ant 8 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 13 views • 7:03

YouTube description: Some times a mishearing leads to the birth of a word. Here are some words we invented by getting them wrong. Produced for Mental Floss.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 774 views • 2:40

A'yup YouTube: A new technology could make diseases like Zika a thing of the past. But should we use it? The CDC on Zika: http://www.cdc.gov/zika/ Vox explains Zika virus in 6 charts: http://bit.ly/1POrNjA... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 1 month 1 week ago • 123 views • 5:36

The team at kurzgesagt explain black holes, or at least, as much as we know about them... the mysterious, weird, terrifying bastards they are!

posted by ChaosEngine 9 years 2 months 4 weeks ago • 228 views • 5:56

YouTube: Like popping pimples? Then you'll love how the Surinam toad gives birth.

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 8 months 1 week ago • 157 views • 1:50

"The intrinsic boy/girl ratio is rigged by Mother Nature."

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 6 months 1 week ago • 331 views • 2:50

Hank explains how a recent astronomical discovery made in Antarctica could change what we know about the birth of the universe, and the rules of physics that govern it. (Youtube)

posted by Fantomas 1 decade 11 months 3 weeks ago • 658 views • 3:59

Where do nicknames come from? Why are Ellens called Nellie and Edwards Ned? It's all a big misunderstanding from the early days of the English language, a misunderstanding that even the word nickname itself... continue reading

posted by randeepsamra 1 decade 1 year 5 months 2 weeks ago • 51 views • 4:57

The lucky number "sieve" was developed by the legendary Stanislaw Ulam, who was born and died on the 13th of the month (lucky number) at the age of 75 (lucky number)... and his birth year of 1909 saw the... continue reading