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From Youtube, "In and out, in and out. Staying alive is about doing things. This very second, your cells are combusting glucose molecules with oxygen to make energy available, which keeps you alive for... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 3 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 324 views • 11:05From YT: This video is part of a series about climate change supported by Breakthrough Energy – a coalition founded by Bill Gates, that is working to expand clean-energy investment and support the innovations... continue reading
posted by Nephelimdream 3 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 42 views • 10:07From Youtube, "The observable universe is a big place that has been around for more than 13 billion years. Up to two trillion galaxies made up of something like 20,000 billion billion stars surround our... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 3 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 211 views • 11:41https://www.iter.org/ In southern France, 35 nations* are collaborating to build the world's largest tokamak, a magnetic fusion device that has been designed to prove the feasibility of fusion as a... continue reading
posted by eric3579 3 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 930 views • 7:59Red sprites, secondary jets and newly discovered green afterglow called "ghosts" triggered by red sprites. A dozen vibrant red sprites were recorded on this evening and only two events had the green afterglow.... continue reading
posted by newtboy 3 years 9 months ago • 984 views • 2:32From Youtube, "This video is part of a series about climate change supported by Breakthrough Energy – a coalition founded by Bill Gates, that is working to expand clean-energy investment and support... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 3 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 82 views • 10:36From Youtube, "At this very second, you are on a narrow ledge between life and death. You probably don’t feel it, but there is an incredible amount of activity going on inside you. And this activity... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 3 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 557 views • 11:31The World's Biggest Gear Reduction by designer and maker of prototypical machines, devices and tools Daniel de Bruin. This machine visualizes the number googol. That's a 1 with a hundred zeros. A number... continue reading
posted by BSR 4 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,210 viewsWave power hasn’t yet made a splash because it’s hard to use waves to spin turbines, and because the sea is a harsh place to build things. To learn more, start your googling with these keywords: ... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 4 months 1 week ago • 877 views • 3:16(H/T @eric3579)
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 775 views • 14:24YouTube description: I got to see an Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) up close and personal at the Monterey Bay Aquarium recently and I fell in love. These things are the superlative of superlatives. They... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 1,838 views • 3:58YouTube description: A bisected grape in the microwave makes plasma. But how does it work? A grape is the right size and refractive index to trap microwaves inside it. When you place two (or two halves)... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months ago • 732 views • 8:16We talked to the co-founder of Tesla, JB Straubel, about why giant batteries are crucial to the future of power grids everywhere. Batteries are becoming more useful at powering bigger things like bikes,... continue reading
posted by b4rringt0n 5 years 8 months 1 week ago • 498 views • 6:15YouTube description: Credits: Narrator/Director: Brian McManus Co-Director: Mike Ridolfi Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net/) Footage of Hamburg Energy Bunker courtest of Perspektive... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 928 views • 8:52Without neutrons, harnessing nuclear energy would be impossible. Try Audible free for 30 days: http://audible.com/veritasium I have a new documentary coming out in a few months - sign up here to be... continue reading
posted by b4rringt0n 5 years 12 months ago • 666 views • 7:38YouTube description: Let's find out how they put 3D images into glass objects. Known as a 'Bubblegram', vitrography or sub-surface laser engraving, this technology has been around for a very long time... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 week ago • 308 views • 6:28YouTube description: In civil engineering, quicksand is more than just a puddle of mud! The "quick condition" occurs when seepage reduces the effective stress of a soil. This can lead to some dangerous... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months ago • 1,490 views • 5:15