"... 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 2 weeks ago • 142 views • 5:28

There's an MRI scanner in Cardiff that can look at how the brain's wired up: your connectome. It's nowhere close to science fiction singularity brain-uploading, but it might well be part of unlocking new... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 10 months 1 week ago • 312 views • 3:29

For nearly 700 years, the shrimpers of Oostduinkerke, Belgium, have been training draft horses to help them pursue the local catch. Typically weighing more than 2,000 pounds, these horses are well suited... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 95 views • 2:39

YouTube description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-spot-a-misleading-graph-lea-gaslowitz When they’re used well, graphs can help us intuitively grasp complex data. But as visual... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 1,787 views • 4:10

James May explains why trains can't go uphill very well (unless it's a cog railway of course :) )

posted by blackfox42 6 years 11 months ago • 1,037 views • 5:04

Most of us think about erosion on the surface of the earth, but erosion can occur in the subsurface as well. In fact, scientist and engineers have a very creative name for just such a process: internal... continue reading

posted by Mekanikal 6 years 11 months ago • 105 views • 6:41

YouTube description: The Park-Car was invented by Brooks Walker in the 1930s and patented in the 1950s. The car included a fifth wheel that allowed it to rotate in and out of parking spaces, as well... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 500 views • 1:31

Miss Info investigates how the Jamaican beef patty became a NYC icon. As the flaky meat turnover has infiltrated all aspects of city life—found in mom-and-pop bakeries, bodegas, pizza shops, and even... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years ago • 258 views • 12:06

After earning our pilot's licence, the first thing most of us do is take our first passenger flying. However, I think passenger management is something that the primary training does not address very well. ... continue reading

posted by BSR 7 years 4 weeks ago • 89 views • 14:52

YouTube description: In March 1974, Chinese farmers digging a well unearthed the greatest archaeological find of the century - the buried Terracotta Army. After coming across a life-sized human head... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 weeks ago • 634 views

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 7 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 601 views • 1:37

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 2 months ago • 419 views • 11:27

YouTube description: Osaka's Gate Tower Building is an amazing sight to see because ... well, how should I put this? A highway goes through the building. It literally does, and there is a story behind it. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 1,610 views • 5:48

YouTube: I once received a lot of blowback for an Upshot article in which I showed (with evidence) that exercise is not the key to weight loss. Diet is. Many, many readers cannot wrap their head around... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 57 views • 5:53

This goblet is made using filigrana, a style of blown glass made with colorless, white, and sometimes colored canes that originated on the island of Murano in the 16th century. The canemaking and glassblowing... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 4 weeks ago • 262 views • 10:27

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 3 months ago • 99 views • 6:27

Works for me as an anti inflammatory which aids in pain relief for my knees. YouTube: When most people hear about marijuana, they think about the high caused by THC. But what if marijuana didn’t cause... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 4 months 1 week ago • 229 views • 5:02

YouTube description: In Bremen, Germany, there's a tower more than a hundred metres high: it's called the Fallturm, or the Drop Tower. If you want a cost-effective way to test an experiment in microgravity... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months 1 week ago • 299 views • 4:02

YouTube: Do you like drinking milk or chatting with your friends? Well, you can enjoy those because of the evolution happened over the past million years, and we are still evolving. Let's find out what... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 23 views • 3:51