NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft has discovered “layers” and “rifts” in the electrically charged part of the upper atmosphere (the ionosphere) of Mars. The phenomenon... continue reading

posted by eric3579 2 weeks 4 days ago • 324 views • 2:19

YouTube description: Hips don’t lie. But a hip x-ray in the Soviet Union of the 1950s might not have been what it appeared to be. In fact, if it was round, it was likely a record. Let us explain.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 month 1 week ago • 357 views • 2:30

From Youtube, "A brief overview of this ingenious method of compressing air using only the power of water. The way a trompe harnesses the power of water to generate compressed air with no moving parts... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 month 1 week ago • 1,203 views • 8:50

Building a spooky Halloween Robot Centipede was made possible by the Pro members of Makers Play ground. Thank you all for your love and support of the maker community. This project was a little challenging... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 months 2 weeks ago • 210 views • 9:57

YouTube description: Hi :) I’m a student in Network & Systems Engineering (Robots, networks and programming and stuff) and I built a dinosaur in my spare time. I got the idea in my head, thought... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 months 1 week ago • 1,266 views • 2:37

"... Step aboard Discovery and explore the space shuttle in 360. National Air and Space Museum and Google Arts & Culture have teamed up to bring a piece of Hubble’s history to life like never before.... continue reading

posted by ant 6 months 2 weeks ago • 16 views • 6:55

YouTube description: This footage is from inside the kerosene tank in the S-1 first stage of SA-5, the fifth Saturn 1 launch. This mission was the first orbital Saturn launch, and the first flight of... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 months ago • 366 views • 1:49

"... After seeing his picture on World Book Day we invited 'Mini Mark' to Guinness World Records HQ. He underwent intensive training with Mark 'Big Mark' McKinley, to become Guinness World Record's Unofficial... continue reading

posted by ant 7 months 3 weeks ago • 7 views • 4:30

YouTube description: We normally build a dam to hold water back and store it for use in water supply, irrigation, hydropower, or flood control. But sometimes we have to let some water go. Whether we... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 months ago • 1,029 views • 8:15

Most poisonous mushrooms won’t kill you—they’ll simply cause a severe headache or vomiting. Death-cap mushrooms are not like the others. As little as half an Amanita phalloides contains enough toxin... continue reading

posted by BSR 9 months ago • 682 views • 2:34

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 9 months 2 weeks ago • 1,259 views • 2:14

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

posted by w1ndex 10 months ago • 980 views • 22:34

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

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 10 months 1 week ago • 808 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 10 months 1 week ago • 27 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 11 months ago • 803 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 11 months ago • 76 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) 11 months 1 week ago • 615 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) 11 months 2 weeks ago • 998 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 1 year 3 weeks ago • 24 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) 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago • 408 views • 9:29