The Tulsa city council sparked hypocritical outrage from the religious right that insisted prayer at public meetings was a good thing when one member offered a Pagan prayer to start the meeting.

posted by newtboy 3 months 2 weeks ago • 73 views • 2:40

The Scientist's Warning is a film about the journey one scientist takes after one of his research papers sparks a global movement to address the challenges facing our planet. Both scientists and citizens... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 120 views • 35:36

When humans first populated North America and how they arrived has long been a matter of spirited debate. A recent study detailing what archeologists believe are the oldest known footprints in the United... continue reading

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YouTube description: The extraordinary story of a runaway Soviet Air Force MiG-23 that flew from Poland to Belgium in 1989, sparking a major security scare between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, and ended... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 424 views • 4:46

From Youtube, "Most of our pop culture assumptions about the Heaven and Hell come from a single source: Dante's Divine Comedy. A work that was so important that it may have sparked a reformation in the... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 19 views • 30:42

YouTube description: A bisected grape in the microwave makes plasma. But how does it work? A grape is the right size and refractive index to trap microwaves inside it. When you place two (or two halves)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 3 weeks ago • 732 views • 8:16

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Building strong children is easier than repairing broken adults. Why allow something to break only to try to fix... continue reading

posted by LukeForsyth455 9 years 4 months 1 week ago • 24 views • 17:43

Vimeo description: A paper-letter animation about the history of fonts and typography. 291 Paper Letters. 2,454 Photographs. 140 hours of work. Created by Ben Barrett-Forrest © Forrest Media - 2013 ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 10 months 1 week ago • 880 views • 5:09

From YT: We're in Dublin discussing Ireland's only science Nobel Prize winner, Ernest Walton, known as ETS to his colleagues. One of those colleagues, Iggy McGovern, penned a poem about Walton called... continue reading

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