YouTube description: I got to see an Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) up close and personal at the Monterey Bay Aquarium recently and I fell in love. These things are the superlative of superlatives. They... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 11 months ago • 1,832 views • 3:58

YouTube description: Thanks to all the Dunedin Railways team! You can find out more about them here: https://www.dunedinrailways.co.nz/ Edited by Michelle Martin (@mrsmmartin) I'm at http://tomscott.com ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 11 months 3 weeks ago • 331 views • 2:27

YT: 90s VHS video filters are in fashion right now, and most producers are using the same filter as everyone else. Why does the filter look like it does? To answer that question, I went to talk to the... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 1 year 10 months 1 week ago • 428 views • 3:48

YT: As far as I can find, no-one has actually made a International Standard Cup of Tea - ISO 3103 or BS 6008 - for the internet before. Lots of people have talked about it, but that's easy. Making one?... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 2 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 429 views • 3:34

I'm not a doctor, but here are some things you need to know. /YT Test for adult ADHD (from additudemag.com): https://www.additudemag.com/adult-test-for-add-adhd/ ADHD test designed specifically for... continue reading

posted by notarobot 2 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 57 views • 4:05

John Oliver is not afraid to put his money where his mouth is. Back in February, realizing that President Trump gets most of his ideas from cable news, the Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight host purchased... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 588 views • 1:37

Glaciologists will find this video obvious. Everyone else... well, maybe I slept through a bit of sixth-grade geography, but I didn't know this, and I reckon I should have done.

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 499 views • 3:01

YT: As the world switches to renewable energy - and we are switching - there's a problem you might not expect: balancing the grid. Rotational mass and system inertia are the things that keep your lights... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 3 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 824 views • 4:06

Near the village of Hanbury is RAF Fauld. Once it was a munitions dump: now it's a crater. Here's why.

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 10 months ago • 94 views • 4:42

YT: Victor Gruen is, according to history, the man who invented the shopping mall... but that wasn't quite what he was aiming for. And it seemed like an appropriate day to do a video about suburban sprawl.

posted by Fantomas 3 years 11 months ago • 575 views • 2:26