NASA is monitoring a 330-foot-long asteroid called the 2024 YR4. The chances of a collision are low but NASA said there is a 2.3% chance that the asteroid will hit Earth in 2032 based on current data,... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 weeks 6 days ago • 15 views • 4:01

The Kessler syndrome is a scenario where, if too many collisions occur between pieces of space debris, low earth orbit will become filled with clouds of tiny particles. All those particles floating around... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 months 3 weeks ago • 55 views • 7:34

I gave a talk on my Masters Thesis Project in Architecture focusing on Altering Soundscapes in Exterior Environments using Helmholtz Resonators in Ceramic Bricks to absorb Low Frequency Traffic Noise. ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 1 month 4 weeks ago • 83 views • 34:05

Rep. Katie Porter delivers a powerful breakdown on the current state of the IRS. She brings a white board and shows which methods of filing taxes are free, requires low effort and makes a few mistakes.

posted by newtboy 1 year 4 months 2 weeks ago • 338 views • 6:56

Tesla turbines are far more efficient than bladed turbines and take less maintenance.

posted by newtboy 1 year 5 months 1 week ago • 313 views • 1:00

a small clip from 'where to invade next' (left a short summary on school lunches and the real cost of 'low taxation' before the video covers sex education). a comparison of the u.s. and france's approaches... continue reading

posted by luxintenebris 2 years 6 months 1 week ago • 187 views • 11:59

The Omega 1 is not only much more powerful than existing technology, but it is also much more efficient. The Omega 1’s rotary mechanism is very efficient because it has very little friction and fluid... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 2 weeks ago • 481 views

When disaster strikes, the flurry of political positioning and fingerpointing can make it difficult to understand what really happened. This video provides a summary of the facts of the 2021 Texas winter storm. ... continue reading

posted by eric3579 3 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 167 views • 16:48

The EPIC OF GILGAMESH is the earliest great work of literature that we know of, and was first written down by the Sumerians around 2100 B.C. Ancient Sumer was the land that lay between the two rivers,... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 15 views • 3:56

"What different clouds mean, explained for kids. Welcome to our first-ever week of programming for kids! If you’re standing outside and you look up, you’ll likely see something familiar above... continue reading

posted by ant 4 years 6 months 1 week ago • 67 views • 8:03

Red sprites, secondary jets and newly discovered green afterglow called "ghosts" triggered by red sprites. A dozen vibrant red sprites were recorded on this evening and only two events had the green afterglow.... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 985 views • 2:32

YouTube description: You are probably aware of the fact that elephants make trumpeting noises - but did you know that most of their communication is so low pitched that humans can’t even hear it? ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 489 views • 6:05

YouTube description: I got to see an Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) up close and personal at the Monterey Bay Aquarium recently and I fell in love. These things are the superlative of superlatives. They... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,838 views • 3:58

From Youtube, "I bought 10,000 shade balls and tried to swim in them. They appear to act like a non-Newtonian fluid: rigid under high shear stress, but they flow like a liquid under low shear."

posted by w1ndex 5 years 9 months ago • 104 views • 10:42

YouTube description: Dams serve a wide variety of purposes from hydropower to flood control to storage of water for municipal and industrials uses. But when a dam’s useful purpose fades away, the... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,291 views • 8:40

Grama bay is gorgeous! Also, conversely, a place to see thousands of years of low-quality tagging from people of all backgrounds. From Pompeii Magnus to modern Albanian beach-goers, the walls ripple... continue reading

posted by nanrod 6 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 177 views • 8:27

YouTube description: Denmark has been consistently ranked in the World Happiness Report among the top three happiest countries in the world, owing, in part, to the presence of a stable government, access... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 421 views • 4:45

YouTube description: In the last 20 years it's been surprisingly common for space probes to end missions early because reaction wheels have failed, moreover there's been a large number of failures associated... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 566 views • 7:10

A low-tech tank with fragile armour, a tank that never saw the enemy, and the tank used to teach how not to build tanks.

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 74 views • 8:50