"... Over the last year, we at MinuteEarth and MinutePhysics have had the privilege of working with NASA's Heliophysics Education Activation Team make a series of videos about the awesomeness of solar... continue reading

posted by ant 1 month 1 week ago • 3 views • 27:10

Police video: Use of force incident at Walmart in East Syracuse NY

posted by bobknight33 2 years 10 months 1 week ago • 163 views • 6:44

The EPIC OF GILGAMESH is the earliest great work of literature that we know of, and was first written down by the Sumerians around 2100 B.C. Ancient Sumer was the land that lay between the two rivers,... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 15 views • 3:56

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 4 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 347 views • 13:56

YouTube description: Discover what happened when an RAF pilot ejected from his Harrier GR.1 jump jet over West Germany in 1971 - it made a break for the East German border!... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 685 views • 3:52

YouTube description: A decade ago, engineers found the Humber Bridge had the same problem as many of the world's suspension bridges: unexpectedly fast corrosion. Here's how they fixed it, and how they're... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 942 views • 5:05

The Australian Government has made a tourism ad about East Timor, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative!

There's a tiny island on the East River that you've probably never heard of, and you're not allowed to visit it.

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 1,633 views • 3:56

The Saudis and Iranians have never actually declared war on each other. Instead, they fight indirectly by supporting opposing sides in other countries and inciting conflicts. This is known as proxy warfare. ... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 319 views • 10:19

Now I really want to go and make my own (small!) batch of seeded mustard. I have all the ingredients in my cupboard, too. YouTube description: Mustard has been around for ages, but today's chefs... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 45 views • 5:51

The killer punch of the mantis shrimp is the fastest strike in the animal kingdom, a skill that goes hand in hand with its extraordinary eyesight. They can see an invisible level of reality using polarized... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months ago • 36 views • 4:00

Hank AND cats? Be still my heart! YouTube: Do you give ancient Egypt credit for the domestication of cats? That’s what many people think! But, with some new evidence, it seems that cats became our... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 520 views • 4:51

There are a few communities, up in northern Canada, with a dark history and a worrying future. Resolute is one of them, sat at the east of the once-legendary Northwest Passage. In a few years, it might... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 503 views • 4:28

In this MUNCHIES special, we meet owner Joe Cooke, great-grandson of Robert Cooke, who opened London’s first pie shop in 1862. Joe shows us how to prepare a proper plate of pie and mash, complete with... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 348 views • 7:50

With all of the global warming a new threat has emerged, the release of methane gas, trapped in methane hydrates on ocean floors. It's release is often referred to as the 'methane bomb'. The last time... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 966 views • 8:37

Where the desert sands of Dubai meet the ocean, a troop of shipbuilders are taking on the enormous task of building the world's largest handmade ship.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 325 views • 4:06

YouTube Description: And how it got its name. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO El Niño is a weather phenomenon that occurs irregularly in the eastern tropical Pacific every... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 1,145 views • 2:59

Minute Physics looks at why, given that the Earth spins to the East, isn't it faster to fly West.

posted by RFlagg 8 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 360 views • 2:06

"Can we go launch one?" YouTube: What was the procedure to launch a nuclear missile? Uranium premieres: July 28 & 29 on PBS at 10pm ET/ 9pm Central France and Germany: July 31 at 10pm on ZDF/arte ... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 576 views • 7:42