Something that Brian didn't mention, but which was pointed out by Elon Musk, is that the strength of stainless steel increases at cryogenic temperatures. (H/T @eric3579)
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months 1 week ago • 628 views • 12:09Videos (71) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
‘Let’s play a game,’ congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says to a panel of government watchdogs. Ocasio-Cortez goes on to dissect US campaign finance laws to make her point about the ‘fundamentally... continue reading
posted by BSR 5 years 3 months 1 week ago • 1,171 views • 3:19From Youtube, "In this episode of 'Price Points', Epicurious challenges tea expert Emeric Harney of Harney & Sons to guess which one of two teas is more expensive. Emeric breaks down five in total before... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 24 views • 16:08Polyphonic explores the start of Metal rock, to several individual songs that could be considered the start, and one point where it couldn't be any later than.
posted by RFlagg 5 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 489 views • 11:39"It’s more than just dancing around. ... If you’ve ever seen an orchestra perform you’ve probably had a difficult time looking away from the person dead center on the stage – the conductor. It’s... continue reading
posted by ant 5 years 10 months ago • 16 views • 4:42YouTube description: A metal alloy spoon melts in tea. Featuring Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff and Senior Technician Neil Barnes. Why not use Gallium? Well - besides the fact it's not what we... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years ago • 1,324 views • 4:27"_If you touch the
posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 2 weeks ago • 124 views • 4:45The network effect is Facebook’s biggest selling point, and the root of many of its problems. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO What happened with Cambridge Analytica highlights this perfectly. ... continue reading
posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 1 month 1 week ago • 520 views • 5:35Now you might be wondering why is there odd pictures of rabbits in the boarders of medieval manuscripts. Ok this is a very oddly specific thing to wonder and it’s unlikely that this is a question that... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 2 months ago • 96 views • 3:25At the old hut site (the new one being temporarily cut off by flooding) I made lime mortar from the shells of rainforest snails by firing them in a kiln, slaking them in water, mixing them into lime putty.... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 406 views • 7:08A point I forgot to mention in the video - The car pictured in the thumbnail was La Jamais Contente. All electric, and the first vehicle to go over 100 km/h (62 mph) in 1899! (coldfusion's yt comment)
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 158 views • 8:44I feel obliged to point out that, as an Australian, I'm not in any position to cast nasturtiums. (H/T @eric3579)
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 201 views • 14:47I have always pondered this. Abbott's Flatland was just the departure point.
posted by oblio70 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 58 views • 27:07Tesla will begin delivering its first solar roof tiles this summer at a price point that could expand the U.S. solar market. Bloomberg's Tom Randall explains how the tiles work, how they're priced and... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 1 week ago • 622 views • 2:56I built a water powered hammer called a “Monjolo”. I started by making a water spout from half a hollow log to direct water from the creek. This was set up in the creek and water flowed through it.... continue reading
posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 7 years 3 weeks ago • 1,216 views • 8:51Known for his Emmy-winning children’s show “Bill Nye the Science Guy,” Bill Nye returns to TODAY to test viewers’ knowledge about some little-known science facts. Are raisins alive? Do black flowers... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month ago • 15 views • 5:02YouTube description: Should we double down or give up and go our separate ways? This video will probably not make everybody happy. Probably for completely opposite reasons. Some people want less... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month ago • 458 views • 7:42It was just a routine workers’ compensation fraud case for Ken Sheppard. Show up for a spot check, do some surveillance of the subject and keep it pushing. But on March 3, 2014, it was anything but routine... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 1,157 views • 5:01I 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