An American explorer has descended nearly 11km (seven miles) to the deepest place in the ocean - the Mariana Trench in the Pacific. Victor Vescovo spent four hours exploring the bottom of the trench... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 week 2 days ago • 1,141 views • 2:14

YouTube description: Thai restaurants are abundant and popular in many parts of the world. This has a lot to do with the Thai government actively promoting Thai food overseas for more than a decade. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 weeks 1 day ago • 75 views • 7:54

Part 3 of Smarter Every Day's look at social media manipulation, this time taking a look at Facebook.

posted by w1ndex 1 month ago • 684 views • 22:34

YouTube description: people are weird sometimes -- (my favourite part is 5:54 to 6:43)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 month ago • 744 views • 9:55

The frozen continent of Antarctica contains the vast majority of all freshwater on Earth. Now that ice is melting at an accelerating rate, in part because of climate change. What does this transformation... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 month 1 week ago • 26 views • 10:16

My first video of a 3 part series on "coordinated inauthentic behavior". Thanks to ExpressVPN for sponsoring this series.

posted by bobknight33 1 month 3 weeks ago • 708 views • 20:22

Would college students support a policy that would force those with high GPAs to donate part of their own GPA to help those with lower grades?

posted by bobknight33 1 month 3 weeks ago • 75 views • 4:45

YouTube description: Built from the discarded fuel tanks of WWII fighter planes, "belly tankers" are miniature speed demons and a major part of hot rod culture. For more, check out: https://www.petersen.org/1952-... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 months ago • 612 views • 3:48

YouTube description: Compliant mechanisms have lots of advantages over traditional devices. SimpliSafe is awesome security. It's really effective, easy to use, and the price is great. Check out SimpliSafe... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 months 1 week ago • 991 views • 12:52

Saturday Night Live's cue card supervisor, Wally Feresten, gives a behind-the-scenes look at an integral and iconic part of the show's production.

posted by Mordhaus 3 months 3 weeks ago • 23 views • 6:53

YouTube description: What would it be like if our eyes could see more colors? We may never be able to answer that, but we can build devices that can do the work for us. Over the last three weeks we've... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 months 2 weeks ago • 379 views • 9:29

This is the story of America's massive forging presses built during the cold war used to build America's most advanced machinery - the Heavy Press Program. Modern airplanes, missiles, helicopters, turbines... continue reading

posted by nanrod 6 months ago • 512 views • 12:48

YouTube description: Canned fish has been around for over a century and has been enjoyed around world. Still, no one loves their fish more than Portugal, where old traditions of fishing, canning and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 months ago • 439 views • 3:30

Tom Scott tells part 2 of the entertaining story about what he learned on internet marketing, part 1 here: https://videosift.com/video/HOW-TO-BE-POPULAR-ON-THE-INTERNET-S1-E1 and part 3: https://videosift.com/vid... continue reading

posted by rbar 8 months 4 weeks ago • 184 views • 8:28

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) 9 months ago • 418 views • 4:45

YouTube description: What happens when you fire a Civil War mortar at a caravan? We invited YouTuber Tom Scott to find out. The mortar used is a replica of Roaring Meg, which destroyed large parts... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 months ago • 542 views • 7:11

If you're in Canada, you need good winter boots. But how do you know whether they're actually safe, or whether you'll fall over the first time you step on ice? This is WinterLab, part of the Challenging... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 11 months 2 weeks ago • 33 views