Exploring a few innovations in nuclear power generation that could make new plants much safer...if we were still making new plants.
posted by newtboy 7 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 629 views • 8:11Videos (363) | Sift Talk (1) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
YouTube description: Why so many languages invented words for colors in the same order. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In 1969, two Berkeley researchers, Paul Kay and Brent Berlin,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 634 views • 6:45YouTube: You probably know where to pump the cheapest gas and how to get price comparisons online in seconds for headphones and cars. But how would you find the best deal on an M.R.I. or a knee replacement?... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 82 views • 6:09What happens if your car runs out of engine oil?
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months ago • 26 views • 4:52I've always wondered what would happen if you lined up 10 megaphones in a row and yell into them, today I put that idea to the test!
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 119 views • 7:13YouTube description: Google Earth is the most photorealistic, digital version of our planet. But how?! Where do the images come from? How are they they put together? And how often are they updated?... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 678 views • 8:09John 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 months 3 weeks ago • 601 views • 1:37It was just a routine workers’ compensation fraud case for Ken Sheppard. Show up for a spot check, do some surveillance of the subject and keep it pushing. But on March 3, 2014, it was anything but routine... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 1,157 views • 5:01If 100 people lived on Earth ...
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 7 years 3 months ago • 396 views • 2:19"If you use bricks as dominoes: you get a second wave going in the opposite direction..." From http://www.cannotunsee.net/post/158664325879/the-brick-double-domino-effect-explained-if-you ...
posted by ant 7 years 3 months ago • 613 views • 3:59I built this pottery kiln and some pottery from termite mound clay to test an alternative clay source to my usual one from the creek bank. I started by making a large grate from ordinary clay. It was just... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 419 views • 11:27British philosopher and thinker Alan Watts asks the question, "What would you like to do if money were no object?" It's a question many of us have considered, but few have truly act upon. "Yeah, that's... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 7 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 902 views • 3:07After trying to blow up a watermelon with a smaller capacitor, my friend coyt brought over 4 capacitors rated at 20kv and 25uf each. They came from a lab that used to them to simulate the effects of lightning... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 400 views • 6:09Remy is an especially-clean-looking rat that's been given the gift of Gusteau's gastronomy. Let's see if his signature dish is worth staking an entire restaurant's reputation upon for the sake of a pun.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 147 views • 4:05In 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 4 months ago • 99 views • 6:27The Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit (Black Mamba APU) is a mostly female ranger unit founded with the purpose of protecting wildlife in South Africa. They are on the front-line protecting dwindling numbers... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months 1 week ago • 89 views • 2:35If your glass glass glass made of glass melts because the Dr Pepper is too hot, you have gone way too far.
posted by Mekanikal 7 years 4 months 1 week ago • 300 views • 2:01...if he can read, it's at least clear that he doesn't read what he signs. Here he admits signing hundreds, much more than that, legal contracts without ever reading one. That's not good for a businessman... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 550 views • 5:31What if you can't calculate a 36 degree angle on the fly? I am still not sure if this isn't a parody. Does anyone not know how to slice a pizza?
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 303 views • 56 secs