"Urushiol oil in poison sumac, poison oak, and poison ivy may produce a severe skin rash. Timely urushiol removal can prevent poison ivy skin reaction. The key is to understand how poison ivy works... ... continue reading
posted by ant 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 1,239 views • 5:14Videos (36) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
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 10 months ago • 166 views • 8:56Tom Scott: "Continuing the occasional Weird European Infrastructure Tour: an Italian lift that switches direction from horizontal to vertical. And honestly, until someone pointed it out to me, I could... continue reading
posted by blacklotus90 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 704 views • 2:29Via YouTube: There are various ways to pronounce "O-U-G-H" in the English language. This was hilariously demonstrated on the "I Love Lucy" television program by Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz) and his wife,... continue reading
posted by Gratefulmom 8 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 842 views • 3:05A fun activity to help you figure out if your beliefs are well-grounded.
posted by Magicpants 8 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 2,513 views • 4:17The fascinating video above tells the story of MIT Professor Ioannis Yannas, who was recently inducted into the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame alongside such luminaries as the Wright brothers and Steve... continue reading
posted by enoch 8 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 1,844 views • 16:57An interesting riddle - can you sifters solve it, without resorting to the solution in the video (from 1:25)? iflscience: The following riddle is claimed to have been written by Einstein as a boy. It's... continue reading
posted by Zawash 8 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 52 views • 5:08Egads ... it's frightening how many of these internet 'sensations' I recognize! I need a life. YouTube: We see you’re on the Internet. That’s great, because we made a safety video starring the Internet.... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 787 views • 6:08This master craftsman does a hell of a job with a rotary hammer. Imagine how much work he'll do when he figures out what the cord is for!
posted by newtboy 9 years 5 months ago • 1,154 views • 52 secsSimulated tornado being generated by a supercomputer (Blue Waters) with 20,000 processing cores. I need a dictionary to figure out half of the terms used in the talk, but the simulations are stunning.
posted by Ashenkase 9 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 89 views • 16:43It was the change that no-one saw coming: the idea that we could take a book, a painting or a song and send it through cables and wires and even thin air to the other end of the world - and it would be... continue reading
posted by Trancecoach 9 years 10 months ago • 653 views • 5:43@lann @eric3576 Getting my room mates cherries cut out in 12 hours. I am scared for him but happy for me ! ! TERRITORIAL ASSHOLE. Last two weeks this guy has kind of got an attitude... continue reading
posted by BoneRemake 1 decade 3 weeks ago • 70 views • 3:53Building the Machine introduces the public to the Common Core States Standards Initiative (CCSSI) and its effects on our children’s education. The documentary compiles interviews from leading educational... continue reading
posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 1 decade 1 month ago • 184 views • 39:09Can you figure out the rule? Did you see the exponents pattern? http://youtu.be/AVB8vRC6HIY Why do you make people look stupid? http://bit.ly/12Fmlpl How do you investigate hypotheses? Do you seek... continue reading
posted by eric3579 1 decade 2 months 1 week ago • 1,455 views • 4:44What are YOU gonna do today? [I'll be spending mine trying to figure out channel designations for this video]
posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 10 months 2 weeks ago • 190 views • 2:45a short (5 minute) presentation talking about why this toy is a "wonderful piece of physics". Something that Einstein himself could not figure out.
posted by reiwan 1 decade 4 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 4,286 views