The president's words and behavior on the day of the Capitol Riots were reprehensible, but does it constitute criminal incitement? Are there any other options?

posted by blacklotus90 6 days 15 hours ago • 284 views • 21:13

The EPIC OF GILGAMESH is the earliest great work of literature that we know of, and was first written down by the Sumerians around 2100 B.C. Ancient Sumer was the land that lay between the two rivers,... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 weeks ago • 14 views • 3:56

YouTube description: The Roadmachines Mono-Rail may have been the only truly useful, fit-for-purpose monorail in the world. Of the hundreds that were built, most were never meant for passengers. But... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 months 4 weeks ago • 434 views • 3:24

Michael Bloomberg read a Washington Post climate article, and actually believed that they were telling the truth. At his age, he should know better.

posted by bobknight33 5 months 3 weeks ago • 27 views

In 1834, Parliament burned down, and the Standards of Measurement were melted or destroyed.

posted by Mordhaus 5 months 3 weeks ago • 104 views • 5:05

Red sprites, secondary jets and newly discovered green afterglow called "ghosts" triggered by red sprites. A dozen vibrant red sprites were recorded on this evening and only two events had the green afterglow.... continue reading

posted by newtboy 5 months 3 weeks ago • 928 views • 2:32

From Youtube, "This video is part of a series about climate change supported by Breakthrough Energy – a coalition founded by Bill Gates, that is working to expand clean-energy investment and support... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 6 months 1 week ago • 78 views • 10:36

In this episode of Forgotten Failures, I take a look back at the long forgotten TV spinoff of "Blazing Saddles". This sitcom tried to capture the humor and success of the film that inspired it but would... continue reading

posted by newtboy 6 months 2 weeks ago • 906 views • 7:36

After long nights of tear gas and rubber bullets, some protesters, news crews, and medics in Minneapolis last weekend found themselves stranded: The tires of their cars had been slashed. In a city... continue reading

posted by newtboy 6 months 2 weeks ago • 661 views • 1:15

He was sentenced to prison but released early, as he was one of the people who were going to die from the radiation poisoning.

posted by Mordhaus 7 months 2 weeks ago • 30 views • 3:38

Writing in the Geophysical Research Letters, NASA says a review of Voyager 2’s old data from 1986 showed that Uranus vented a giant blob of gas into space. This pocket of ionized gas, a plasma structure... continue reading

posted by newtboy 8 months 3 weeks ago • 1,102 views • 6:40

YouTube description: The story of Apollo 13 goes beyond a tale of survival. The mission also successfully completed a science investigation that is still helping to inform our understanding of the Moon... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 months 2 weeks ago • 68 views • 2:46

Temnospondyls were a huge group of amphibians that existed for 210 million years. Ahhh....the good ole days.

posted by newtboy 10 months 2 weeks ago • 204 views • 10:53

Scientists from UVM and Tufts repurposed living cells scraped from frog embryos and assembled them into entirely new life-forms. More: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1zVG8wptOOI https://youtu.be/XLI7VtjgOyk ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year ago • 164 views • 57 secs

From Youtube, "Anti-gravity is one of those controversial subjects that some say is more in the realm of science fiction than science fact with many physicists saying it's just not theoretically possible... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 year 2 months 1 week ago • 111 views • 14:25

YouTube description: This footage is from inside the kerosene tank in the S-1 first stage of SA-5, the fifth Saturn 1 launch. This mission was the first orbital Saturn launch, and the first flight of... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 5 months 3 weeks ago • 369 views • 1:49

YouTube description: After landing on the Moon, what ever happened to the Lunar Ascent Modules? Turns out they were crashed onto the moon for Science! Here are all the known crash sites of the LM... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 5 months 3 weeks ago • 266 views • 12:58

YouTube description: Something about the Apollo missions always confused me, sure, the step off of the lunar lander’s 91 cm footpad was a small step, but the step just before that was actually enormous! ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 6 months ago • 478 views • 14:48

YouTube description: Perhaps the most dramatic moment of Apollo 11's mission to the moon was when the Eagle began its final descent to the lunar surface and the Apollo Guidance Computer became overloaded.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 6 months ago • 762 views • 7:18

After more than four decades of forced silence, some of the last surviving atomic soldiers share their unfathomable experiences of the atomic bomb tests in the 1950s

posted by bobknight33 1 year 7 months ago • 117 views • 22:53