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 2 months 3 weeks ago • 99 views • 6:27

Today we have our rivalry on the football field, but two centuries ago that rivalry was almost on the battlefield, and it was all over, Toledo? Yes, this was the Toledo War, a series of skirmishes over... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 13 views • 6:50

Warning: May cause a germophobic episode! YouTube: We covered the Five Second Rule a couple years ago. And, just a few weeks ago, colleagues at the New York Times (and many other news sources) wrote... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 6 months ago • 96 views • 5:43

I built a prawn trap from lawyer cane, sticks and vine. Then I caught some prawns and ate them. Prawn (and fish) traps are simple traps designed to catch aquatic life due to their shape. It consists... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 257 views • 7:16

YouTube description: For much of human history, people made art by trying to represent the world as it appeared around them. Until about 100 years ago, when a bunch of artists stopped trying to do that.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 508 views • 9:18

With all of the global warming a new threat has emerged, the release of methane gas, trapped in methane hydrates on ocean floors. It's release is often referred to as the 'methane bomb'. The last time... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 966 views • 8:37

A few months ago, @MrFisk submitted http://videosift.com/video/The-Most-Satisfying-Video-Ever-Made and I really dug the music...It was from Macintosh Plus' album Floral Shoppe, which has become a touchstone... continue reading

posted by oblio70 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 167 views • 8:23

YouTube description: Pixar says Hank the Octopus wasn't possible with the technology available 13 years ago for "Finding Nemo." Find out how he came to life in "Finding Dory." (via digg)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,186 views • 3:54

Welcome to the world of Lucius Popidius Secundus, a 17-year old living in Rome in 73 AD. His life is a typical one of arranged marriages, coming-of-age festivals, and communal baths. Take a look at this... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 331 views • 6:35

YouTube description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-transistors-work-gokul-j-krishnan Modern computers are revolutionizing our lives, performing tasks unimaginable only decades ago.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 1,489 views • 4:54

Somehow, Bernie Sanders' record of fighting for equal rights for minorities and women has come into question by the Clinton campaign when we have footage of him IN CHAINS fighting for and risking his freedom... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 957 views • 2:40

I made a rough type of textile from bark fibre. This is the same tree I use for making cordage though I don’t know its name. It has been raining a lot here lately (the video also shows how well the hut... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 2 weeks ago • 639 views • 4:48

YouTube: Over it’s lifetime, the Earth has seen plenty of climate change. About 50 million years ago the planet experienced extreme cooling, and all from a little fern.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 4 weeks ago • 357 views • 4:04

Triton is an underwater breathing apparatus that looks from a James Bond or Star Wars movie. Problem is - it cannot possibly work. Massive debunkage in the video. YT: So over the last couple of weeks... continue reading

posted by Zawash 8 years 1 month 1 week ago • 234 views • 17:43

Uploaded on Apr 11, 2011 We shot this film a few years ago for the company Mammoet. It shows how they moved the BP Clair module on to a barge.

posted by bobknight33 8 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 287 views • 8:15

The sound of the collision from a billion light-years away is the first direct evidence of gravitational waves, the ripples in the fabric of space-time that Einstein predicted a century ago.

posted by blacklotus90 8 years 3 months ago • 778 views • 4:36

YouTube: Americans remain very overweight. According to the CDC, about 38% were obese in 2014, meaning that they had a body mass index of at least 30, compared to 32% just a decade ago. This is in spite... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 13 views • 6:01

IFLScience: Still baffled by Einstein’s theory of relativity, or even the parts in the movie Interstellar when everyone experiences time differently? Well, this teenager’s explanation of special relativity... continue reading

posted by Zawash 8 years 6 months ago • 1,541 views • 7:34

YouTube: Earlier this week, we covered the difference between brand name and generic drugs. To be honest, we taped that episode a few weeks ago. It takes us some time to work out magic, add graphics, and... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 6 months ago • 179 views • 3:22