YouTube description: Duh, except for the sky… and the ocean… Among living things, the color blue is oddly rare. Blue rocks, blue sky, blue water, sure. But blue animals? They are few and far... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 4 months 1 week ago • 606 views • 8:27

I built a natural draft furnace to test ideas about how hot a furnace could get without the use of bellows. Natural draft is the flow of air through a furnace due to rising hot air. The hot gasses in the... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 454 views • 5:46

"... In this episode of Overrated, Vox's Phil Edwards investigates the largely unheralded business reason behind the success of Harper Lee's 'To Kill A Mockingbird.' Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird... continue reading

posted by ant 6 years 8 months ago • 142 views • 5:28

Computers store text (or, at least, English text) as eight bits per character. There are plenty of more efficient ways that could work: so why don't we use them? And how can we fit more text into less... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 8 months 1 week ago • 64 views • 6:31

From http://www.reddit.com/r/nerdwriter/comments/2niyga/black_friday_is_not_what_it_seems/ ...

posted by ant 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 20 views • 5:34

I built this pottery kiln and some pottery from termite mound clay to test an alternative clay source to my usual one from the creek bank. I started by making a large grate from ordinary clay. It was just... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 419 views • 11:27

In this video I build a garden to grow Cassava and yams, two staple food crops. Cassava is a shrub that develops large edible roots. Yams are a climbing vine that produce large, edible underground bulbs... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 99 views • 6:27

Not in my case ... YouTube: Okay- you lost weight, but what actually happened to those fat-storing cells?

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 22 views • 2:30

After installing the Windows Anniversary Update for Windows 10 it would seem we picked up a lot more than we bargained for. There is a feature now that allows Microsoft to quietly install popular games... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 81 views • 13:57

YouTube description: There's a hidden market in the supermarket — Vox's Phil Edwards explains. Read the article here: http://www.vox.com/2016/11/22/13707022/grocery-store-slotting-fees-slotting-allowances... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 130 views • 6:59

Most of the time, the wasabi you get in a restaurant or buy in a store is fake. It’s actually horseradish that’s colored green. Why? Well, wasabi is a notoriously difficult plant to grow. In fact,... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months ago • 125 views • 3:04

Chances are if you make a chicken sandwich yourself it will cost less than $5, but Andy George's chicken sandwich cost $1,500 because he made everything from scratch. What causes this huge difference in... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months 1 week ago • 62 views • 10:42

I built a prawn trap from lawyer cane, sticks and vine. Then I caught some prawns and ate them. Prawn (and fish) traps are simple traps designed to catch aquatic life due to their shape. It consists... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 257 views • 7:16

Join the world’s transition to sustainable energy. Powerwall 2 is a battery for homes and small businesses that stores the sun’s energy and delivers clean, reliable electricity when the sun isn’t... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 279 views • 19:04

This is without a doubt the most entertaining A Capella Science song yet. The song assumes you already know about Crispr-Cas9, so it never actually explains that it's a targeted gene editing technique... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 497 views • 6:07

Have you ever wondered where the goldfish in your pet store come from? Learn the story behind the glass.

posted by blackfox42 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 1,108 views • 5:09

There's a titan arum - a corpse flower - blooming at the Eden Project in Cornwall. For years, it stores energy: and then for 48 hours, it heats up and sends out the smell of decay and death through the... continue reading

posted by blacklotus90 7 years 11 months ago • 66 views • 2:55

YouTube description: Sometimes flight recorders are the only way the victims' families will know what happened to the plane. Immediately following an airplane crash anywhere in US territory, the... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 11 months ago • 229 views • 5:31

Cooking and leaching Black bean to remove the poison making it safe to eat. A basket was made to leach the poison out in a stream. Also shown are Atherton Oak nuts. The Aboriginal artifacts found near... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 299 views • 4:51

No more store bought, very simple and easy. Enjoy!

posted by Gratefulmom 8 years 1 month 1 week ago • 30 views • 41 secs