What do you get when you cross rodeo with skiing? The wild and wacky Skijoring of course. Every winter, thousands of people descend on the old mining town of Leadville, Colorado, high in the Rocky Mountains,... continue reading
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Isaac. The Story of a Little Giant. Heroic and cute, the landmine-detecting super rats! "... These rats defy stereotypes: they’re friendly and cute, but most importantly they save human lives. Thanks... continue reading
posted by ant 2 years 5 months ago • 184 viewsOne year ago, Spot graduated from its early adopter program and began shipping out to workplaces around the world. From construction sites and power plants to mines and universities, today Spot is up-and-running... continue reading
posted by newtboy 2 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 117 views • 1:18From 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 4 years 4 months 1 week ago • 1,217 views • 8:50Electric cars are touted as a solution for reducing emissions and improving the environmental impacts of transportation, but are electric cars actually any better for the environment than gasoline cars?... continue reading
posted by newtboy 5 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 475 views • 13:47YouTube description: Giant Mine sits near Yellowknife, in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Once it was a productive gold mine, but after the gold ran out, the mining company went bankrupt and left... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 1 week ago • 470 views • 4:34In Quebec, Canada, there's a town called Asbestos. It's an alarming name, one that conjures up images of lung disease and mesothelioma. So now that the town's asbestos mine, once the largest asbestos mine... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 12 months ago • 46 views • 4:30On the Indonesian island of Java, men mine sulphur from inside Ljen Volcano. It's crater is filled with a mix of highly toxic gases, that have claimed the lives of over 70 miners in the last 40 years.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 3 weeks ago • 24 views • 2:52Brilliant Earth has scammed thousands of customers They claim to: 1) Provide their customers with the exact origin of their diamonds, and 2) Track their diamonds from mine to consumer- making sure... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 3 weeks ago • 1,739 views • 5:02Caesium is an alkali metal and has physical and chemical properties similar to those of rubidium and potassium. The metal is extremely reactive and pyrophoric, reacting with water even at −116 °C (−177... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 716 views • 7:36Yttrium, terbium, erbium and ytterbium were all named after one small town on the Stockholm archipelago. But it could have been different, and there could have been many other names. From a snowy bit of... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 17 views • 2:16YouTube description: Originally built by the Incas, the manmade salt pans in Maras, Peru, have endured for over 500 years. Beneath the Qaqawiñay mountains runs a salty fresh spring, which empties into... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months ago • 1,535 views • 1:20Destin gets dusty!
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 5 months ago • 581 views • 12:30YouTube: In freezing cold sand, a burning hot mine, or even inside solid rock – these extremophiles live anywhere that you wouldn’t want to live. What are they? How can they live in such extreme places?
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 8 months ago • 15 views • 4:01Is Hank trying for a goatee? YouTube: Let's face it: Humans are pretty messy. Industrial processes like mining and manufacturing are important parts of keeping civilization going, but they all impact... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 282 views • 10:13Lately, mine has been on vacation! YouTube: Today we continue our unit on identity by asking where the mind resides. Hank explains the mind body problem and several approaches to the question of where... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 47 views • 9:07Coober Pedy is a small desert town in Australia where the entire population lives in underground homes. With outside temperatures hovering over 100 degrees, residents made permanent homes in the cooler... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 10 months ago • 589 views • 2:11This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths
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