Vetulicolians are weird. First, they were thought to be an arthropod because of their segmentation, but due to the presence of gill slits and nothocord, Vetulicolians are now placed as stem chordates.... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 weeks 1 day ago • 109 views • 2:01

This car goes from 0-62 miles per hour (100kph) in 0.956 of a second. This is the classic acceleration test, one that we all grew up using to compare cars. A Formula 1 car will do it in about two and... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 3 weeks ago • 133 views • 17:05

It seems the Everglades are a better habitat for pythons than their native habitat, and they are growing to record size eating the native fauna.

posted by newtboy 1 year 8 months ago • 252 views • 35 secs

This deepsea Octopus (or Squid) was filmed in the depths of the Gulf of Mexico by a work class ROV. At first we believed this to be a Cirrate Octopus, but now we believe it to be a Vampire Squid/Umbrella... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 11 months 3 weeks ago • 75 views • 2:12

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

The story behind the new Terry Pratchett audiobooks - my all time favorite author. Can't wait to hear them! YT: This documentary follows Penguin Audio's ambitious project of turning the entire Discworld... continue reading

posted by Zawash 2 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 32 views • 21:33

YouTube description: Check out Otherwords, a new show about language & linguistics! https://youtu.be/d2UccTPnl4w It might surprise you but cephalopods have a pretty good fossil record, with one major... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 8 months ago • 384 views • 8:22

"The idea came to me in a dream I had this morning. I didn't really like how the classic Sesame Street "Ladybug's Picnic" song (a staple from my childhood) was performed on the new stop-motion version... continue reading

posted by ant 3 years 8 months 1 week ago • 36 views • 57 secs

Marcin Wichary gives a really entertaining talk on looped videos, as a live looped video with no post production. Vimeo description: This is a remote Ignite talk I gave at Figma on May 27, 2021.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 9 months 1 week ago • 140 views • 5:18

When disaster strikes, the flurry of political positioning and fingerpointing can make it difficult to understand what really happened. This video provides a summary of the facts of the 2021 Texas winter storm. ... continue reading

posted by eric3579 3 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 167 views • 16:48

COLUMBIA, SC Three former Orangeburg County law officers caught in an FBI sting where federal agents pretended to be members of a Mexican drug-smuggling cartel have been sentenced to prison, according... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 15 views • 1:20

YouTube description: Alexa's recording you. What’s she doing with it? Read Sara’s article about the privacy settings on your smart speaker: https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/12/9/...... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 181 views • 5:35

The historian Allan Lichtman was the lonely forecaster who predicted Mr. Trump’s victory in 2016 — and also prophesied the president would be impeached. That’s two for two. But Professor Lichtman’s... continue reading

posted by mxxcon 4 years 7 months 1 week ago • 12 views • 7:14

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 1 week ago • 931 views • 7:59

Red sprites, secondary jets and newly discovered green afterglow called "ghosts" triggered by red sprites. A dozen vibrant red sprites were recorded on this evening and only two events had the green afterglow.... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 985 views • 2:32

From Youtube, "A wolf pulling over a wolf" Michael Lawrence got pulled over by a white cop in Prince Georges County, Maryland Michael's advice will hopefully save black AND white lives, make sure... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 4 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,114 views • 3:57

From Youtube, "Well... this took longer than expected. I am sorry you had to wait so long for me to finish this video, I had some reading to do, then write the video, record the audio, and then the... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 4 years 10 months 1 week ago • 19 views • 1:09:23

YouTube description: The story of Apollo 13 goes beyond a tale of survival. The mission also successfully completed a science investigation that is still helping to inform our understanding of the Moon... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 70 views • 2:46

YouTube description: Terrified residents of Italian cities record messages to themselves 10 days ago, when the pandemic hadn't yet killed 1,809 people and infected more than 24,000 across the country.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 297 views • 3:31

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) 5 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 361 views • 2:30