"Duolingo is an educational app that helps you to learn foreign languages. But what if it already existed in the 1980s? Well, here it is, Duolingo in 1980's style! ..."

posted by ant 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago • 38 views • 4:41

"... A more detailed article on how we research our videos: https://medium.com/@Kurzgesagt/how-research-and-factchecking-work-at-kurzgesagt-f5b239188255 In 2023, Kurzgesagt has existed for 10 years... continue reading

posted by ant 1 year 7 months 2 weeks ago • 47 views • 9:58

Before NOVA begins its construction, the Rainbow Bridge only exists in a 900-year-old painting that shows the bustling capital city of Kaifeng. Another NOVA ancient construction episode, again narrated... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 2 weeks ago • 66 views • 54:16

“Most of us can’t imagine what it will be like when the whole ocean system collapses,” says Colin Angus, CTO and cofounder Open Ocean Robotics, a tech startup that makes autonomous boats. The... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 8 months 1 week ago • 295 views • 8:44

The Omega 1 is not only much more powerful than existing technology, but it is also much more efficient. The Omega 1’s rotary mechanism is very efficient because it has very little friction and fluid... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 481 views

Let’s not resigns ourselves to fatality. Solutions exist. Together we can do more to decrease risks on the normal route to Mont-Blanc. The Mont-Blanc rising to 4 809 meters is the highest peak in... continue reading

posted by eric3579 2 years 9 months 1 week ago • 317 views • 4:02

It turns out that there are giant viruses that blur the line between life and death – and other viruses hunting them.

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 2 months 1 week ago • 79 views • 11:10

The flight between Papa Westray and Westray takes 80-90 seconds and covers about 2km. Why does it exist? And what's it like? On a rainy day in the Orkney Islands, I went to find out.

posted by newtboy 3 years 2 months 1 week ago • 384 views • 4:32

The multiverse hypothesis or theory holds that a group of multiple universes (possibly infinite universes) comprise everything that exists: The entirety of space, time, matter, energy, information, and... continue reading

posted by BSR 3 years 5 months 1 week ago • 143 views • 10:03

From Youtube, "CREDITS: This video was made in collaboration with Benedikt Pleyer, who is a gifted microscopist and has a wonderful contagious passion for discovering the incredible worlds that exist... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 3 years 9 months 1 week ago • 276 views • 11:43

Zefrank looks at Army Ants and the beetles that co-exist with them. From Youtube, "Where to buy the Army Ants Book: https://amzn.com/067424155X True Facts Shirts: https://ze-true-store.myshopify.com/ ... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 3 years 11 months ago • 929 views • 9:28

Temnospondyls were a huge group of amphibians that existed for 210 million years. Ahhh....the good ole days.

posted by newtboy 4 years 8 months ago • 207 views • 10:53

From Youtube, "Neutron stars are one of the most extreme and violent things in the universe. Giant atomic nuclei, only a few kilometers in diameter but as massive as stars. And they owe their existence... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 5 years ago • 766 views • 8:41

YT: The International Phonetic Alphabet: one sound for each symbol, and one symbol for each sound. Except for the sounds we can't make. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet

posted by Fantomas 5 years 2 months 1 week ago • 883 views • 6:31

https://youtu.be/h9AiJWk5QdU Dorothea Lange captured this iconic photo known as Migrant Mother in 1936. But who was the woman pictured? And how did she and her family feel about its existence in the... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 398 views • 11:19

YouTube description: 1.8 billion years ago, a cell ate another cell, but it didn't digest it, and without that happening, we would not exist. This week we explore the origins of eukaryotic cells and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 335 views • 10:00

YouTube description: In an effort to retain heritage, reduce waste and overcome the challenge of finding sites in urban areas, architects, engineers and developers are breathing new life into existing... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 628 views • 7:15

The days of 90% tax rates are so far gone most people do not believe they ever existed.

posted by C-note 6 years 1 month ago • 9 views • 4:31

YouTube description: IMPORTANT NOTE I'm not saying that this is the best or only way. I have lots of friends who go to 100% every time and they are extremely prolific and effective creators. And they... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 week ago • 1,346 views • 3:57

The Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is considered by the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy to be the "best drink in existence". While almost impossible to make on planet Earth, I needed to see if its effects... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 24 views • 6:55