YouTube description: It's an omnipresent image that has inspired music, tattoos, and even an emoji on your phone. But Hokusai's Great Wave is a woodblock print that was made to be reproduced. What's... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 645 views • 8:35

"... Christopher and Rubber Duckie say the alphabet..."

posted by ant 6 years 12 months ago • 15 views • 1:20

"Entire story arcs of Square One TV's Mathnet in order of production..."

posted by ant 7 years ago • 16 views • 18:12:15

Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with Matt to discuss Ancestor Simulations.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years ago • 19 views • 16:28

There’s one interpretation of the meaning of quantum mechanics that manages to skip a lot of the unphysical weirdness of the mainstream interpretations: it's de Broglie-Bohm pilot wave theory.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 1 week ago • 23 views • 16:32

The 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

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 36 views • 4:00

YouTube description: Conceived in the open sea, tiny spaceship-shaped sea urchin larvae search the vast ocean to find a home. After this incredible odyssey, they undergo one of the most remarkable transformations... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 658 views • 3:23

YouTube description: For much of human history, people made art by trying to represent the world as it appeared around them. Until about 100 years ago, when a bunch of artists stopped trying to do that.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 508 views • 9:18

Yay Bees! Just don't come buzzin' around yours truly if you please. YouTube: Most flowering plants are more than willing to spread their pollen around. But some flowers hold out for just the right partner.... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 450 views • 3:49

A little bit of history behind salt and pepper, interesting

posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 10 months ago • 235 views • 5:48

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 1 month 3 weeks ago • 147 views • 9:52

YouTube: We continue our look at philosophical reasoning by introducing two more types: induction and abduction. Hank explains their strengths and weaknesses, as well as counterarguments and the Socratic... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 325 views • 10:18

A'yup YouTube: A new technology could make diseases like Zika a thing of the past. But should we use it? The CDC on Zika: http://www.cdc.gov/zika/ Vox explains Zika virus in 6 charts: http://bit.ly/1POrNjA... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 3 months 1 week ago • 123 views • 5:36

"Imagine if dogs were the ones giving the news, owning the restaurants and writing the newspaper! Boy, it would be hard to understand what they were saying! ..."

posted by ant 8 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 13 views • 3:14

New Year's resolutions bad

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 4 months 1 week ago • 12 views • 3:41

"It's Reefer Badness out there!"

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 254 views • 5:46

What's in a Placebo? Who knows.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 191 views • 7:14