The new administration fired the FAA director, froze hiring of new controllers, disbanded the aviation safety advisory board, fired the head of the Coast Guard, and the head of the TSA (both on air safety... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 month 1 week ago • 71 views • 16 secs

This month a paper came out that honestly chilled me. It was about tipping points in climate - a well-known concept that the climate can change abruptly if certain conditions are met in certain elements... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 78 views • 11:01

Amazon has shared surveillance video recorded by its doorbell camera system without attempting to contact users for their prior consent and without police obtaining a warrant. The company has now admitted... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 66 views • 1:27

From YouTube, "Our home is burning. Rapid climate change is destabilizing our world. It seems our emissions will not fall quickly enough to avoid runaway warming and we may soon hit tipping points that... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 2 years 11 months 1 week ago • 145 views • 16:11

Sean Penn talks about his documentary, what he has witnessed in Ukraine, and his impression of their President. NOTE: ~30 mins long; fairly civil; but very informative. Also, Hannity did broadcast... continue reading

posted by luxintenebris 2 years 11 months 1 week ago • 106 views • 24:29

When a theory makes a prediction that disagrees with an experimental test, sometimes it means we should throw the theory away. But what if that theory has otherwise produced the most successful predictions... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 436 views • 12:36

It's hard to know if she actually had a coherent point to make here--it sure didn't look like it. At the least, she was poorly served by her staff, which didn't educate her, didn't program her questions,... continue reading

posted by SFOGuy 3 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 1,836 views • 2:12

Does a green laser pointer stop working when it is cold? Or does it turn into an invisible laser? That is nice to know for safety reasons if you are using a green laser pointer to point out stars on a... continue reading

posted by blacklotus90 4 years 6 months 1 week ago • 812 views • 9:01

3 years early, but still on point

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 554 views • 33 secs

https://www.iter.org/ In southern France, 35 nations* are collaborating to build the world's largest tokamak, a magnetic fusion device that has been designed to prove the feasibility of fusion as a... continue reading

posted by eric3579 4 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 931 views • 7:59

Writing in the Geophysical Research Letters, NASA says a review of Voyager 2’s old data from 1986 showed that Uranus vented a giant blob of gas into space. This pocket of ionized gas, a plasma structure... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 1,201 views • 6:40

YouTube description: Almost all kids will mirror write at some point. Why? *Our in-studio shoot with other Vox team members was done before the Covid-19 outbreak. We are currently safely working... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 68 views • 4:30

The Ondophone - the dream of a sound that never was... At least for now, there might be a future where the Ondophone will come to real life. In this weeks episode we are taking a closer look at the first... continue reading

posted by newtboy 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 41 views • 17:11

https://youtu.be/vfWUorR8D60 Christmas isn’t just a time for presents, cookies, and holiday cheer, but the hunting period of Iceland’s murderous monster feline, the Yule Cat. This giant, fluffy... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 573 views • 10:04

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 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 1,280 views • 2:37

You've probably spun around a coin for fun at some point, but this physics toy uses the physics of a spinning coin to keep spinning faster and faster for up to 2 minutes. As seen on The Big Bang Theory,... continue reading

From Youtube, "In this episode of 'Price Points,' Epicurious challenges whiskey expert Heather Greene to guess which one of two whiskies is more expensive. Heather breaks down Scotch, rye, Irish, Bourbon... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 5 years 10 months ago • 25 views • 20:40

A honest respectful conversation of different points of view. Populist Revolution - Will It Go Left Or Right? - Candace Owens & Russell Brand

posted by bobknight33 5 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 31 views • 1:56:54