Only Uranus joins Venus in rotating clockwise. Why is a day on Venus longer than a year? Why does Venus rotate backward? In short... living on Venus would really mess with your sense of time...
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world and the only living structure visible from space. Although ecosystem managers in Australia have worked hard to preserve the... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 541 views • 8:11Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with Matt to discuss Ancestor Simulations.
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 12 months ago • 19 views • 16:28On the Indonesian island of Java, men mine sulphur from inside Ljen Volcano. It's crater is filled with a mix of highly toxic gases, that have claimed the lives of over 70 miners in the last 40 years.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years ago • 24 views • 2:52If 100 people lived on Earth ...
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 396 views • 2:19Via YouTube: Incredible view of the western world from the mind of a small tribe living in the Amazon rain forest.
posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,299 views • 6:30YouTube: The person we may find it hardest to be kind and sympathetic to is, surprisingly, ourselves. Yet being a friend to ourselves provides the only viable basis for living an emotionally fulfilled life.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 165 views • 4:11YouTube description: Osaka's Gate Tower Building is an amazing sight to see because ... well, how should I put this? A highway goes through the building. It literally does, and there is a story behind it. ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,610 views • 5:48British 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 1 month 3 weeks ago • 902 views • 3:07YouTube description: Meet Professor Jamie Seymour, he milks stuff. But nothing that moos, has hooves, wool or fur. He prefers to live life on the edge, milking the venom from the most venomous animals... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 176 views • 4:26In 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 2 months 1 week ago • 99 views • 6:27"Larry Smith doesn’t just live with Parkinson’s. He rises above it." "After a 20-year battle with Parkinson’s, Larry has exhausted every conventional method of treatment, every drug, and even... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 3 months ago • 635 views • 7:59YouTube description: These days, giant wind turbines are supplying more and more of our clean energy. And when they break down, they need to be fixed fast. It's a job only a few people are equipped... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 559 views • 5:44YouTube: Silly String. It’s awesome for pranks or party shenanigans, but this foam could also save your life someday.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 342 views • 4:27YT "Seatbelts and airbags in cars save passengers lives. Parachutes save people who, for a variety of reasons, exit a plane in mid-flight. So why aren’t parachutes provided to passengers on commercial... continue reading
posted by blackfox42 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 320 views • 6:48YouTube 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 3 weeks ago • 489 views • 2:51It is time to reframe how we think about our past. We need a new year 0 for humanity. But which one should we choose and why? I want to live in the year 12016!
posted by ChaosEngine 7 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 417 views • 7:53In this small city near San Francisco, the dead outnumber the living by a thousand to one. There's some gruesome history here - and a few questions for the future.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 22 views • 2:45We’re used to thinking hugely well of democracy. But interestingly, one of the wisest people who ever lived, Socrates, had deep suspicions of it.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months ago • 28 views • 4:22The killer punch of the mantis shrimp is the fastest strike in the animal kingdom, a skill that goes hand in hand with its extraordinary eyesight. They can see an invisible level of reality using polarized... continue reading
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