Bill Gates introduces the Indigo, the remarkable invention that uses no electricity, no ice, and no batteries to store vaccines at the precise temperature required to remain effective.
posted by newtboy 5 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 858 views • 2:22Videos (49) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
If you're in Canada, you need good winter boots. But how do you know whether they're actually safe, or whether you'll fall over the first time you step on ice? This is WinterLab, part of the Challenging... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 36 views"Why Russia wants to own the North Pole..."
posted by ant 6 years 6 months ago • 178 views • 12:50Welcome to the US National Ice Core Laboratory in Denver, Colorado, where there's a giant freezer filled with 20km of ice cores from Greenland and the Antarctic. Here's why.
posted by Mekanikal 6 years 8 months ago • 1,213 views • 3:33Y-vaporates and makes it con-cargobonatyed
posted by Mordhaus 7 years ago • 27 views • 4:28YouTube description: Adam Savage makes things and builds experiments, and he uses costumes to add humor, color and clarity to the stories he tells. Tracing his lifelong love of costumes — from a childhood... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 155 views • 13:08For a few months each winter, Harbin, China, turns into a fantastical "city of ice." From January 5 through February 25, this chilly provincial capital plays host to the Harbin International Ice and Snow... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 431 views • 2:53Similar to http://videosift.com/video/CrazyRussianHacker-shows-a-simple-way-to-make-clear-ice using a rectangular cooler and showing how to make clear ice in a block, rectangular prism, and a sphere.
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posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months ago • 1,195 views • 3:28YouTube description: Bright pillars of light... clouds of glowing dust... shimmering discs floating around the sun... signs of extraterrestrial activity, or is there a more rational and scientific explanation... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months 1 week ago • 917 viewsYouTube description: Foraminifera – tiny, single-celled marine life forms – build gorgeous houses that record how much ice there is on the planet. Special thanks to Professor Lee Kump of Penn... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 489 views • 2:51Stirling engines are having a bit of a revival. What are they, and how do they work? Could they generate our electricity in the future?
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 613 views • 19:06-How much did that cost? -$800 for disposal, then $1400 for the water ball. •Were your parents mad? -yes. •Where did you buy the Waterballs? -China •How much of them? -1600 pounds, 25 Million. ... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 341 views • 8:40With all of the global warming a new threat has emerged, the release of methane gas, trapped in methane hydrates on ocean floors. It's release is often referred to as the 'methane bomb'. The last time... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months ago • 966 views • 8:37NASA's Juno spacecraft captured a unique time-lapse movie of the Galilean satellites in motion about Jupiter. The movie begins on June 12th with Juno 10 million miles from Jupiter, and ends on June 29th,... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 515 views • 2:59Why can we find geometric shapes in the night sky? How can we know that at least two people in London have exactly the same number of hairs on their head? And why can patterns be found in just about any... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 136 views • 4:36YouTube: Hank shares losses and finds this week, including a huge amount of Antarctic ice that’s lost for good, and 10 cool new species that are last year’s top finds.
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