Ive got a bit of a Raccoon problem at my house… I built something to fix the problem. It breaks multiple local ordinances and a few international treaties, but I give you THE GIANT MOUSETRAP! It took... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 29 views • 6:20

YouTube description: Check out how cats became our favorite little murder machines. To learn how dogs and humans got together, watch the companion video over at It's OK To Be Smart: https://youtu.be/tggdERc8E6Y ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 week ago • 361 views • 3:05

John Oliver is not afraid to put his money where his mouth is. Back in February, realizing that President Trump gets most of his ideas from cable news, the Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight host purchased... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 2 weeks ago • 601 views • 1:37

YouTube: When President Trump's White House revealed its proposed budget recently. A lot of things got cut, and much public outrage was expressed about cuts to funding for Meals on Wheels. White House... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 3 weeks ago • 396 views • 5:12

At YouTube Space New York, there's the Mixed Reality lab: a virtual reality setup using an HTC Vive, a third controller, and some fancy compositing equipment. It's brilliant, and I got to visit and look... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 104 views • 4:26

Nah Nah NahNah Nah! Read The Gates Annual Letter here: http://b-gat.es/2lhhtmJ

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 100 views • 8:30

I teamed up with Cody, from Cody’s Lab, to experiment and see what would happen if Sodium Metal got flushed down the toilet.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months ago • 28 views • 5:20

"What is this? A forest for ANTS?! Deep Look: https://youtu.be/fguo3HvWjb0 ..." From http://www.reddit.com/r/ants/comments/5apoyx/its_okay_to_be_smart_weve_got_ants_in_our_plants/ ...

posted by ant 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 202 views • 7:03

Nooooooooooooooooooo! YouTube: If you watch Healthcare Triage, it won’t come as news fat and cholesterol aren’t likely as bad as everyone says. And sugar may be worse. What is news this week is... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 721 views • 4:26

Practice! YouTube: If most people got on a skateboard, they would roll forward slowly for a few feet, then fall down and break their wrists. But there are a proud few who can do some pretty amazing... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 12 views • 3:11

YouTube description: It’s probably the most well known peacetime battle between the USA and the Soviet Union, in both technological and ideological terms of the 20th century. Although the USA won... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months ago • 811 views • 14:23

From YT: North America didn’t always have its familiar shape, nor its famed mountains, canyons, and plains: all of that was once contained in an unrecognizable mass, buried deep in Rodinia, a huge supercontinent... continue reading

"Game of Thrones is one of the great stories of our time. But with the recent ending of Season 6, a question comes to mind. How will it end? We reveal how George R.R. Martin is likely to finish this epic... continue reading

posted by ant 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 22 views • 13:20

YouTube description: Engineers that work with fluids need a solid understanding of how they behave, and there’s one branch of fluid mechanics that plays a role in areas all across our lives. Whether... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 116 views • 10:07

Triton is an underwater breathing apparatus that looks from a James Bond or Star Wars movie. Problem is - it cannot possibly work. Massive debunkage in the video. YT: So over the last couple of weeks... continue reading

posted by Zawash 8 years 2 weeks ago • 234 views • 17:43

YouTube description: Remember the childhood hours of fun spent blasting your friends with neon-tinged water cannons? You can thank a NASA scientist for that. In 1982, Lonnie Johnson designed the Super... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 3 weeks ago • 504 views • 2:31

YouTube description: Why does English have so many words that have twins? Here's how we got to have two vocabularies, one based in Germanic roots, and one based in Latin. Produced for Mental Floss. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 622 views • 2:20

YouTube: Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand. ― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 19 views • 15:33