Hemp is a plant whose vegetable fibers have been used in the making of fabrics, the manufacture of espadrilles and in rope making. Manuel Abad was an expert ropemaker from Cornago (La Rioja) who showed... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 5 months 3 weeks ago • 57 views • 8:44

have questions about why the videoing auto kept driving into a storm that is spinning a pickup like a top?

posted by luxintenebris 3 years 4 weeks ago • 380 views • 4:58

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 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,201 views • 6:40

The World's Biggest Gear Reduction by designer and maker of prototypical machines, devices and tools Daniel de Bruin. This machine visualizes the number googol. That's a 1 with a hundred zeros. A number... continue reading

posted by BSR 5 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,211 views

Wave power hasn’t yet made a splash because it’s hard to use waves to spin turbines, and because the sea is a harsh place to build things. To learn more, start your googling with these keywords: ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 5 years 4 months ago • 877 views • 3:16

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

Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election will be read live in New York City. According to Reuters, there will be around 20 actors performing the reading. Those include,... continue reading

posted by newtboy 5 years 10 months ago • 132 views • 33 secs

How fake news continues to fail to see reality of the Muller report

posted by bobknight33 5 years 12 months ago • 24 views • 5:15

YouTube description: A short video of the result :) Thanks for watching! Like, comment, subscribe! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kris.temmerman/ check out the previous video: https://youtu.be/E_6e71BJOzM... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 2 weeks ago • 339 views • 2:51

From Youtube, "This video is called How Would Bach Play Crazy Train? A counterpoint adaption of the classic Randy Rhoads riff. We'll use Bach's Prime, Inversion, Retrograde and Retrograde Inversion to... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 6 years 1 month ago • 152 views • 4:55

YouTube description: The Multi Axis Trainer, or MAT, is an icon of space exploration and astronaut training. But other than spinning round kids at Space Camp: what's it actually used for? Thanks... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 1,017 views • 3:13

YouTube description: How many tries does it take an average player to do what professional pool players do on the first try? Your Average Pool Player attempts Corey Deuel's famous 2004 US Open draw... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 5 months 1 week ago • 1,734 views • 5:07

YouTube description: In the last 20 years it's been surprisingly common for space probes to end missions early because reaction wheels have failed, moreover there's been a large number of failures associated... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 8 months ago • 566 views • 7:10

YouTube: An experiment on how turbulent convection in Earth's core makes a magnetic field

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 777 views • 8:27

Argyroneta aquatica the Diving Bell Spider it the UK's only fully aquatic species of spider. They are rarely seen but are amazing creatures. This film explores how they hunt and live underwater.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 450 views • 2:57

I set up a magnetic levitation apparatus in a chamber with about 1/800th normal air pressure.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months ago • 183 views • 8:27

YouTube: Which marvel of nature can build a 2 metre Orb Web with a silk that ranks as the World's toughest natural fibre? - The answer is the Darwin's Bark Spider and this real life "Spider Woman", no... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 1,549 views • 4:09

YouTube: Spinning magnets near copper sheets create levitation!

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 290 views • 6:19

MY head spins! YouTube: The science of getting "crunk"!

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 4 months 1 week ago • 688 views • 2:28