Global Warming is taking a rare back seat in the news right now, as we deal with the more immediate existential crisis afflicting our civilisation and way of life. But as entire countries are getting shut... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 days 22 hours 36 minutes ago • 276 views • 13:56

Temnospondyls were a huge group of amphibians that existed for 210 million years. Ahhh....the good ole days.

posted by newtboy 3 weeks 1 day ago • 196 views • 10:53

Describes that by 2030 90% of Vehicles will be Electric and that WE will not buy the but use them as Taxi and such. The Future as we know will change very quickly, like the change from horse to car... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 2 months ago • 6 views • 1:05:24

From Youtube, "The logistic map connects fluid convection, neuron firing, the Mandelbrot set and so much more. Animations, coding, interactives in this video by Jonny Hyman

posted by w1ndex 2 months ago • 801 views • 18:39

YouTube description: The history of the Earth from its formation to present day, covering major events throughout its 4-billion-year history. Estimates of average temperature, atmospheric composition,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 months 2 weeks ago • 798 views • 11:36

YouTube description: Rotoscoping changed animation forever. This is how.

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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 7 months 2 weeks ago • 323 views • 3:27

According to a new report from the United Nations, our planet is in worse shape than at any other time in human history. The Trump Administration has done everything they can to do nothing about climate... continue reading

posted by newtboy 10 months 4 weeks ago • 1,048 views • 3:01

The frozen continent of Antarctica contains the vast majority of all freshwater on Earth. Now that ice is melting at an accelerating rate, in part because of climate change. What does this transformation... continue reading

posted by newtboy 11 months 2 weeks ago • 27 views • 10:16

Kimberly Noble: How does income affect childhood brain development? Neuroscientist and pediatrician Kimberly Noble is leading the Baby's First Years study: the first-ever randomized study of how family... continue reading

posted by notarobot 12 months ago • 40 views

YouTube description: What do Skrillex, David Bowie, Salt-N-Pepa and basically every drum and bass track have in common? They've all used the Amen break, a four-bar drum solo that has become the most... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 2 months 1 week ago • 423 views • 4:05

YouTube description: In 1958, scientists from Russia left a plastic bust of Vladimir Lenin at the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility, and as of 2007 it was still there. What does it mean? Guest host John... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 2 months 4 weeks ago • 93 views • 8:10

YouTube description: Until the mid 1950’s, small short-range airliners like the twin engined IL-14 were really the only type the Soviet Union produced. And that meant flying across the country’s... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 3 months ago • 415 views • 10:05

YouTube description: Live long and prosper? Nichelle Nichols sure has. At the height of the American civil rights movement, she played “Star Trek’s” Lieutenant Uhura—then one of television’s... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago • 348 views • 2:58

YouTube description: A new technique is allowing researchers to study the inner workings of a cuttlefish brain by tracking colour changing cells in their skin. These cell are directly controlled by... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 5 months ago • 459 views • 6:19

(H/T @eric3579)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago • 402 views • 8:35