"... Over the last year, we at MinuteEarth and MinutePhysics have had the privilege of working with NASA's Heliophysics Education Activation Team make a series of videos about the awesomeness of solar... continue reading
posted by ant 1 month 2 weeks ago • 3 views • 27:10Videos (30) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
Wildfires in Hawaii fanned by strong winds burned structures in areas including the historic town of Lahaina, forcing evacuations and closing schools in several communities. Rescuers pulled a dozen people... continue reading
posted by newtboy 9 months 2 weeks ago • 113 views • 2:14Throughout the month of October, Saildrone performed a 30-day proof-of-concept demonstration for the United States Coast Guard to show how uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) could be used to provide persistent... continue reading
posted by newtboy 2 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 316 views • 3:07The scorching temperatures destroyed a major portion of the cherry crop in the Columbia Gorge and beyond just as it was ready for harvest. Many other crops are seeing similar failures across the West... continue reading
posted by newtboy 2 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 144 views • 2:46YouTube description: The extraordinary story of a runaway Soviet Air Force MiG-23 that flew from Poland to Belgium in 1989, sparking a major security scare between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, and ended... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 8 months ago • 424 views • 4:46Warmer Pacific temperatures are decimating kelp forests, the most diverse and important ecosystems off the West coast. Without these nurseries for ocean fish, their populations are due to collapse quickly.
posted by newtboy 4 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 368 views • 11:07YouTube description: Discover what happened when an RAF pilot ejected from his Harrier GR.1 jump jet over West Germany in 1971 - it made a break for the East German border!... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 685 views • 3:52In 1957, Grace Braeger of West Bend traded in her old car, threw down $2,250 hard-earned dollars and bought a '57 Chevy. Since that day long ago, it's been her only car.
posted by bobknight33 4 years 10 months ago • 57 views • 4:42YouTube description: Until the mid 1950’s, small short-range airliners like the twin engined IL-14 were really the only type the Soviet Union produced. And that meant flying across the country’s... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 426 views • 10:05How Hollywood influenced Marriage.
posted by bobknight33 5 years 8 months 1 week ago • 124 views • 9:19Police in West Midlands, UK have released footage of criminals stealing a car by relaying a signal from the key inside the home, to the car in the driveway. Source: CNNMoney I've always wondered... continue reading
posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 961 views • 1:30In Helsingborg, Sweden, the Museum of Failure has just opened. It's just one room, but inside, curator Samuel West has assembled some of the world's greatest commercial disasters - and also a few things... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,040 views • 2:18Star Talk host, Hayden Planetarium director, and astrophysicist extraordinaire Neil deGrasse Tyson has a brilliant knack for breaking down big scientific ideas to the masses. But can he keep his facts... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 week ago • 96 views • 26:04Extreme Ownership | Jocko Willink | TEDxUniversityofNevada From YouTube: War is hell, but war is also a brutal teacher. War teaches you about brotherhood, honor, humility, and leadership. In this riveting... continue reading
posted by chicchorea 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 115 views • 13:50A look at Cartoon Network's block of programming that popularized anime in the west.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months ago • 182 views • 6:02An influx of women helped turned barren wild west camps into bustling towns.
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