It’s so much easier to jump to conclusions than it is to have awareness.

posted by newtboy 2 weeks 6 days ago • 107 views

What do you get when you cross rodeo with skiing? The wild and wacky Skijoring of course. Every winter, thousands of people descend on the old mining town of Leadville, Colorado, high in the Rocky Mountains,... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 months 4 weeks ago • 65 views • 2:27

Proudly Presenting: "Corporate Ping Pong" This engineered mechanical sculpture is a representation of the hum and haw and constant, slow churn of the big corporate machine. Jumping through hoops, creating... continue reading

posted by newtboy 10 months 2 weeks ago • 72 views • 6:35

Wildfires in Hawaii fanned by strong winds burned structures in areas including the historic town of Lahaina, forcing evacuations and closing schools in several communities. Rescuers pulled a dozen people... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago • 113 views • 2:14

3 Florida police stopped a man for walking while black, apparently a felony in Florida, entered his name incorrectly, then tased and beat him for supplying a false name (he gave his full correct name clearly... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago • 141 views • 14:57

From https://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&boardid=1&threadid=253443.

posted by ant 1 year 11 months ago • 119 views

This tiny robot can jump higher than anything else in the world

posted by eric3579 2 years 3 weeks ago • 291 views • 13:16

On a hike looking for rare limestone endemic plants in Death Valley, we spotted the wreckage of a plane! After several hours of hiking and many interesting plants, we managed to scramble over to the wreck.... continue reading

posted by eric3579 4 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 1,776 views • 5:01

YouTube description: Discover what happened when an RAF pilot ejected from his Harrier GR.1 jump jet over West Germany in 1971 - it made a break for the East German border!... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 685 views • 3:52

YouTube description: Something about the Apollo missions always confused me, sure, the step off of the lunar lander’s 91 cm footpad was a small step, but the step just before that was actually enormous! ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 1 week ago • 483 views • 14:48

YouTube description: Engineers need to be able to predict how water will behave in order to design structures that manage or control it. And fluids don’t always behave the way you’d expect. On this... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months ago • 752 views • 8:43

"Elevator. It’s a fascination and a fear for many. Countless action movies and TV shows feature stuck elevators, fights in elevators, and, of course falling elevators. How many times when an elevator... continue reading

posted by ant 5 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 219 views • 7:36

YouTube description: Olympic ski jumper Sarah Hendrickson is no stranger to soaring through the skies. She’s been taking flight for 15 years, jumping from dizzying heights and sliding downhill at... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 336 views • 2:23

How the Sun affects the Earth.

posted by bobknight33 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 99 views • 4:19

Google's artificial intelligence company, DeepMind, has developed an AI that has managed to learn how to walk, run, jump, and climb without any prior guidance. The result is as impressive as it is goofy.

posted by simonm 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 44 views • 1:51

Also, it's a jumping spider capable of leaping up to 50 times it's own length. Fortunately for us, Portia is a spider eating spider.

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 3 weeks ago • 1,675 views • 4:00

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 8 years 4 weeks ago • 12 views • 3:11

The Most Dangerous Stretch of Water in the World: The Strid at Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire I know, I know, it's a clickbait title^. But I stand by it, because the water is so deceptive, and so pretty, and... continue reading

posted by eric3579 8 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 3,374 views • 2:17