Star Talk host, Hayden Planetarium director, and astrophysicist extraordinaire Neil deGrasse Tyson has a brilliant knack for breaking down big scientific ideas to the masses. But can he keep his facts... continue reading
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I 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 1 month ago • 419 views • 11:27In 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 3 weeks ago • 22 views • 2:45"Fire Ants vs Flood: Will these fire ants of The Fire Nation survive this natural disaster? How do ants deal with a mass flood inside their nest? Today we find out in this epic fire ant farm video! ..."
posted by ant 7 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 109 views • 16:59YT-FYI: I don't count the 1824 election as the final winner was determined by the house of representatives and thus not *technically* a straight-up Electoral College fail. From what I was taught, the... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 240 views • 22 secsYouTube description: Get your free one month trial with The Great Courses Plus: http://ow.ly/cH94303M6Gt This month I was visiting my parents living in Dubai and I took the chance to make a video... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 6 months ago • 510 views • 7:38YT: As the world switches to renewable energy - and we are switching - there's a problem you might not expect: balancing the grid. Rotational mass and system inertia are the things that keep your lights... continue reading
posted by Fantomas 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 828 views • 4:06From YT: Congrats to Bruce, our latest recruit to pass his Initiation Test into the Cave of Adullam Transformational Training Academy. We decided to share this part of his Initiation Test to encourage... continue reading
posted by iaui 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 699 views • 5:26The lesson here kids is that if you want to commit mass murder, don't crowdfund, crowdsource.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months ago • 156 views • 4:25From YT: North America didn’t always have its familiar shape, nor its famed mountains, canyons, and plains: all of that was once contained in an unrecognizable mass, buried deep in Rodinia, a huge supercontinent... continue reading
posted by WeedandWeirdness 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 223 views • 4:58Yes, it's only micrograms of difference, but it's still really weird: until 2018, the kilogram is defined as "the weight of this physical object". So what happens when that object changes?
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 10 months ago • 1,538 views • 3:45YouTube: Americans remain very overweight. According to the CDC, about 38% were obese in 2014, meaning that they had a body mass index of at least 30, compared to 32% just a decade ago. This is in spite... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 3 months ago • 13 views • 6:01YouTube Description: Jellyfish don’t have a heart, or blood, or even a brain. They’ve survived five mass extinctions. And you can find them in every ocean, from pole to pole. What’s their secret?... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 6 months 1 week ago • 170 views • 2:56A distant predecessor of the dreaded hipster perchance? YouTube: Sometimes, big hunks of strange-looking flesh wash up onshore and then people think that they’re dinosaurs or giant octopi or previously... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 9 months ago • 18 views • 3:14Why does a bike stay up -- even with no rider?
posted by messenger 8 years 10 months ago • 748 views • 3:57"Eternal youth wouldn't make us invincible." YouTube: References: Aubert, G. & Lansdorp, P. M. (2008) Telomeres and aging. Physiological Review 88(2): 557–579. http://simonadellemonache.com/dispens... ... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 10 months ago • 581 views • 2:58"Over 99% of all the animal species that have ever lived are now extinct."
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years ago • 363 views • 4:27YouTube: Some scientists say we’re in the midst of Earth’s sixth mass-extinction event, caused entirely by us. But some animals have a knack for surviving in a human-dominated world. What’s their secret?
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 3 months ago • 346 views • 3:51YouTube Description: Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and flares are both solar events, but they are not the same. This video shows the differences between the two by highlighting specific features of... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 7 months ago • 375 views • 1:59