Plywood is a simple material made by glueing together thin sheets of wood, known as veneers or plies. These basic elements have remained broadly the same throughout its history. The most significant breakthrough... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,947 views • 6:44

YouTube description: It was fall of 1918. The Allied military’s tactical movements were jeopardized by the German military’s superior espionage capabilities. Not only were the Germans tapping Allied... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 188 views • 1:58

YouTube: I came across these four physics puzzles over the years in discussions with Neil deGrasse Tyson (riddle 4: which part(s) of a moving train are going backwards with respect to the ground?), Simon... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 1 week ago • 1,232 views • 4:24

YouTube description: Check out how cats became our favorite little murder machines. To learn how dogs and humans got together, watch the companion video over at It's OK To Be Smart: https://youtu.be/tggdERc8E6Y ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 week ago • 361 views • 3:05

After trying to blow up a watermelon with a smaller capacitor, my friend coyt brought over 4 capacitors rated at 20kv and 25uf each. They came from a lab that used to them to simulate the effects of lightning... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 400 views • 6:09

In this video I build a garden to grow Cassava and yams, two staple food crops. Cassava is a shrub that develops large edible roots. Yams are a climbing vine that produce large, edible underground bulbs... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 99 views • 6:27

Haitian President EXPOSES the Clinton Foundation: "Hillary Clinton tried to bribe me!" Published on Sep 16, 2016 Former Haitian President of Senate is speaking out to tell the truth about Clinton Foundation... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 124 views • 6:10

YouTube description: So...why does all the writing in comic books look like that? Vox's Phil Edwards looked into it and found an aesthetic shaped by comics culture, technology, and really cheap paper. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 555 views • 8:33

YouTube description: It’s probably the most well known peacetime battle between the USA and the Soviet Union, in both technological and ideological terms of the 20th century. Although the USA won... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months ago • 811 views • 14:23

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 8 months 2 weeks ago • 344 views • 29:38

YouTube: As denizens of the internet, most of us are familiar with the trolls. In this episode of SciShow, learn a little about how social scientists think trolls came to be, and how online communities... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 166 views • 8:56

YouTube description: Pixar says Hank the Octopus wasn't possible with the technology available 13 years ago for "Finding Nemo." Find out how he came to life in "Finding Dory." (via digg)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 1,186 views • 3:54

YouTube description: Today Ben explains the iconic Wilhelm Scream, where it came from and where you can find it! Though beware, you can't unhear it.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 102 views • 5:27

YouTube description: It varies from town to town, or even within families. Part of the problem with the word pecan has to do with the way it came into the English language. Produced for Mental Floss,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years ago • 656 views • 3:17

YouTube description: Remember the childhood hours of fun spent blasting your friends with neon-tinged water cannons? You can thank a NASA scientist for that. In 1982, Lonnie Johnson designed the Super... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 3 weeks ago • 504 views • 2:31

YT: For six months, Suki Kim worked as an English teacher at an elite school for North Korea's future leaders - while writing a book on one of the world's most repressive regimes. As she helped her students... continue reading

posted by Zawash 8 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 133 views • 12:33

Seemingly incessant winter? Not here in the Pacific[not so]WET where winter never came.

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 26 views • 4:31

YT: In which John Green teaches you about nation building and nationalism in Latin America. Sometimes, the nations of Latin America get compared to the nations of Europe, and are found wanting. This is... continue reading

posted by RedSky 9 years 2 months 1 week ago • 207 views • 12:14

"... We asked a girl to teach her sister how to do math. This is what they came up with." From http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/2gk364/how_kids_imagine_a_job_interview/ckjv3h6 ...

posted by ant 9 years 7 months 1 week ago • 437 views • 2:11

As a psychologist and avid meditator (vipassana) for the past 7 years, myself, I'm excited to begin teaching a university course this semester which examines states of consciousness that transcend the... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 9 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 744 views • 3:44