The world remains in a state of shock after spectacular satellite images of an undersea volcano erupting on the island of Tonga left a giant mushroom cloud in the Pacific region. With shocking visuals... continue reading

posted by eric3579 4 months ago • 38 views • 4:26

"The answer may surprise you..." From https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r33237492-Holey-Plugs-Batman-But-what-are-they-for.

posted by ant 6 months 4 weeks ago • 22 views • 20:32

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) 10 months 2 weeks ago • 381 views • 8:22

From Youtube, "In and out, in and out. Staying alive is about doing things. This very second, your cells are combusting glucose molecules with oxygen to make energy available, which keeps you alive for... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 year 6 months 1 week ago • 324 views • 11:05

"With the first documentary from MinnMax, we travel back to 1971 to tell the surprising story of how a college project from Bill Heinemann, Paul Dillenberger, and Don Rawitsch was donated to the state... continue reading

posted by ant 1 year 7 months ago • 6 views • 23:08

That crappy Mark Wahlberg movie is actually real. Great. 2020 Sucks.

posted by Mordhaus 1 year 11 months 2 weeks ago • 76 views • 6:17

"... Wren uses VFX to explain Exponential Scale and how it relates to the spread of a virus like COVID-19..."

posted by ant 2 years 1 month 1 week ago • 24 views • 7:03

YouTube description: Kea, a type of parrot from New Zealand, have been surprising scientists with their smart predictions. Researchers set them a series of intelligence tests based around probabilities... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 2 months 1 week ago • 595 views • 4:21

"... I met Molly Burke a few months ago. She’s awesome. I absolutely love what she’s done on YouTube to bring awareness to living with disability, and turning it into ability. And her guide dog Gallop... continue reading

posted by ant 2 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 90 views • 16:32

YouTube description: Making a faster plane takes more than building better engines and structures. To go supersonic, engineers had to solve hundreds of problems -- including ditching one of the biggest... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 537 views • 4:36

President Donald Trump is spreading another grotesque abortion claim —no surprise it’s 100% false. Trump said the following at the same Trump rally that saw a BBC cameraman attacked by a Trump supporter: ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 3 weeks ago • 33 views • 1:48

YouTube description: You can make a movable hole in soap film with a loop of thread. It's surprising when you first see and it's fun to think about why it behaves the way it does. It's also a useful... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 2 months 1 week ago • 509 views • 6:03

YouTube description: After being diagnosed with a rare, potentially fatal brain condition known as Moyamoya, Jennifer Lee was forced to face her own mortality and consider the things in life she held... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 3 months 1 week ago • 587 views • 10:01

YouTube description: You probably know not to lick something unfamiliar. But there are actually a surprising number of discoveries that have been made because scientists licked things.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 4 months 1 week ago • 768 views • 12:19

The Australian Government has made a tourism ad about East Timor, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative!

YouTube description: Voracious, venomous and hella leggy, house centipedes are masterful predators with a knack for fancy footwork. But not all their legs are made for walking, they put some to work... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 506 views • 4:32

YouTube description: To quote from clickbait 'The answer might surprise you' - lots of references still say the mighty F-1 engine used on the Saturn V is the post powerful rocket motor ever, but, there... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 802 views • 7:42

In this video, Tim demonstrates a variety of Lenz's Law demonstrations. At its simplest, you can just drop a magnet down a metal tube, maybe made of copper or aluminium, and be surprised at how slowly... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 9 months ago • 968 views • 6:01

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) 3 years 9 months ago • 565 views • 7:10