At the headquarters of Cloudflare, in San Francisco, there's a wall of lava lamps: the Entropy Wall. They're used to generate random numbers and keep a good bit of the internet secure: here's how.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 769 views • 3:59

I built a natural draft furnace to test ideas about how hot a furnace could get without the use of bellows. Natural draft is the flow of air through a furnace due to rising hot air. The hot gasses in the... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months ago • 454 views • 5:46

"Buffering..."

posted by ant 7 years 3 months ago • 23 views • 7:16

YouTube: Abusing inhalants, like glue, can cause serious health problems, and you shouldn't need a video on the internet to tell you that. But let's take a deeper look at why these chemicals are so dangerous.

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 6 months 1 week ago • 190 views • 2:33

Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Alan Arkin take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 188 views • 7:27

Samuel L. Jackson answers the Internet's most searched questions about himself.

posted by Mekanikal 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 1,405 views • 3:52

The internet allows us to see videos, photos, and news from anywhere in the world almost instantaneously. But how?! In this video we learn about the hundreds of underwater fiber optic cables that connect... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 1 week ago • 649 views • 7:37

Humans are the same as always, except now we have instant access to all knowledge and communication.

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 4 weeks ago • 331 views • 2:23

metro.se: This is what the world looks like – with and without fact checking Swedish fact checker Viralgranskaren and The Internet Foundation In Sweden have released a guide about fact checking online.... continue reading

posted by Zawash 8 years 1 month 1 week ago • 631 views • 1:34

El Caminito del Rey, the King's Little Pathway, is now a tourist attraction near Malaga, in southern Spain. But once, it brought adrenaline junkies here - sometimes fatally. Now it's safe: but the internet... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 2 months 1 week ago • 762 views • 2:56

Over the past few days, the optical illusion posted by Akiyoshi Kitaoka has made the rounds on the internet, and today I'm explaining how the 12-dot optical illusion works. It is driven by two key features:... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 23 views • 3:16

YouTube: As denizens of the internet, most of us are familiar with the trolls. In this episode of SciShow, learn a little about how social scientists think trolls came to be, and how online communities... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 166 views • 8:56

YouTube: Did you know that cats have their own laws of physics? These are ancient, passed down through the ages on the internet. Author unknown. A special thanks to our guest cat scientist, Charlie Watson.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 56 views • 1:10

YouTube description: Freezer burn, what's your deal? Why are you ruining our dinner plans? Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 8 months 1 week ago • 256 views • 1:47

YouTube description: This week we answer skeptics like Descartes with empiricism. Hank explains John Locke’s primary and secondary qualities and why George Berkeley doesn’t think that distinction... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 147 views • 9:52

"... an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, from Arpanet to Internet..." From http://educatedearth.net/video.php?id=4569 ...

posted by ant 8 years 10 months ago • 25 views • 8:10

Fusion's Kevin Roose asked some of the best hackers at DEF CON to do their worst to him. He didn't even know what he was in for.

posted by truth-is-the-nemesis 8 years 10 months 1 week ago • 2,155 views • 11:36

YouTube Description: What has the highest melting point known to us? Hank Green explains in this episode of SciShow. This episode is brought to you by Audible. Go to Audible.com/SciShow for a free 30-day trail. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 11 months 1 week ago • 524 views • 5:26

... you suck

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 785 views • 2:57