On New Year's day, we said goodbye to George the Snail, marking the first extinction of 2019, and the way things are looking, it won't be the last. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow
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YouTube description: Follow along as Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in Chicago works to conserve and restore this icon of Ave Maria. This piece was likely created in a workshop... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 1 week ago • 417 views • 11:31YouTube 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) 5 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 426 views • 10:05YouTube description: 50 years ago, three NASA astronauts embarked on a journey that would take them “Round the moon and back”. The Apollo 8 mission proved the performance of the command and service... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 526 views • 5:47How long does it take to learn guitar? Here is my first 1 year guitar progress from absolute beginner. I'm adult beginner and start my learning at March 27 2017 when I took the guitar for the first time... continue reading
posted by b4rringt0n 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,630 views • 6:08The landscape of Iceland has changed a lot in a thousand years. When the Vikings first arrived in the ninth century, the land was covered in 25 to 40 percent forest. Within a few centuries, almost all... continue reading
posted by newtboy 6 years 4 months ago • 801 views • 5:22At this time of year we have to start being extra watchful – our lambs are vulnerable to attack from this silent killer.. Not everyone is going to agree with this thesis – but I’ve been rescuing... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 4 months ago • 1,496 views • 3:32In which Derek drives a replica of the first internal combustion engine car patented by Karl Benz in 1886 and talks about how cars have improved since then (claims about Nazi speed records on public roads... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 476 views • 9:14All nuclear waste is currently in temporary storage. Finland is building the first long term permanent storage site in the world. How do you convey a warning not to tamper with such a place tens of... continue reading
posted by eric3579 6 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 777 views • 11:09Last year LIGO announced the detection of gravitational waves from the merger of two black holes. The science world went a little crazy. Only a few weeks ago a new rumour emerged: that LIGO had, for the... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 8 months 1 week ago • 151 views • 15:51"Protection from deportation and the chance to work have been life-changing for DACA recipients. But if Congress and the White House can’t agree on a bill to protect them within a six-month timeframe,... continue reading
posted by ant 6 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 220 views • 5:28YouTube description: The fade out is underrated. It should come back. The fade out in music is one of those necessary tools in a record producers arsenal. But if you listen to today's hits it's much... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 494 views • 7:42YouTube: Go see if Eons is for you: http://www.youtube.com/eons Other cool things about Trilobites People have been collecting them for at least tens of thousands of years, as they've been found in... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 103 views • 3:39YouTube description: In March 1974, Chinese farmers digging a well unearthed the greatest archaeological find of the century - the buried Terracotta Army. After coming across a life-sized human head... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 weeks ago • 634 viewsYouTube: 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 month ago • 1,232 views • 4:24YouTube description: Meet Professor Jamie Seymour, he milks stuff. But nothing that moos, has hooves, wool or fur. He prefers to live life on the edge, milking the venom from the most venomous animals... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 176 views • 4:26In 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 2 months 3 weeks ago • 99 views • 6:27... how about you? YouTube: Star Trek has been beaming its way into fans' hearts for over 50 years, reinventing itself time and time again. Most fans think they know everything there is to know about... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 2 months 4 weeks ago • 937 views • 12:27Extreme Ownership | Jocko Willink | TEDxUniversityofNevada From YouTube: War is hell, but war is also a brutal teacher. War teaches you about brotherhood, honor, humility, and leadership. In this riveting... continue reading
posted by chicchorea 7 years 3 months ago • 115 views • 13:50Warning: May cause a germophobic episode! YouTube: We covered the Five Second Rule a couple years ago. And, just a few weeks ago, colleagues at the New York Times (and many other news sources) wrote... continue reading
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