From Youtube, "Neutron stars are one of the most extreme and violent things in the universe. Giant atomic nuclei, only a few kilometers in diameter but as massive as stars. And they owe their existence... continue reading
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"... It sounds like such an incredible fact. “Our own cells are outnumbered by our microbes 10 to 1!” I don’t remember where I first heard it. But I read it in science papers and articles by journalists,... continue reading
posted by ant 4 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 1,355 views • 13:23President Donald Trump is spreading another grotesque abortion claim —no surprise it’s 100% false. Trump said the following at the same Trump rally that saw a BBC cameraman attacked by a Trump supporter: ... continue reading
posted by newtboy 5 years 3 weeks ago • 36 views • 1:48YouTube description: On August 8th, 1918, Allied forces in France launched the Hundred Days Offensive, one of the first combined arms operations of the war that included hundreds of tanks, airplanes,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months ago • 397 views • 3:15YouTube description: At first this ghostly octopus drifted past the camera on ROV Hercules flapping wing-like fins, then inverted its webbed arms, ballooning out to reveal eight rows of suckers. This... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 499 views • 2:27Are you tired of your shoe laces coming undone - and always at the most inconvenient time! Use this simple change to how most people tie shoes and having loose laces will be almost entirely eliminated!... continue reading
posted by BSR 5 years 8 months 1 week ago • 25 views • 2:01Bunkers! Albania's most visible uniqueness. A negative that's so definitive of the nation that it has almost become a positive.
posted by nanrod 5 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 623 views • 10:42More and more pitchers are throwing triple digits. The fastest of them tops out at 105 MPH. WIRED examines why the 110 MPH fastball is almost impossible.
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 1 month ago • 229 views • 9:46YouTube description: When the small Japanese seaside town of Susami needed a tourism boost, an unlikely resident came to the rescue: the town’s postmaster. Together with the local diving community,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 4 months ago • 450 views • 2:55The landscape of Iceland has changed a lot in a thousand years. When the Vikings first arrived in the ninth century, the land was covered in 25 to 40 percent forest. Within a few centuries, almost all... continue reading
posted by newtboy 6 years 4 months ago • 801 views • 5:22The Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is considered by the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy to be the "best drink in existence". While almost impossible to make on planet Earth, I needed to see if its effects... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 8 months ago • 24 views • 6:55YouTube description: With a population of over 18 million people, Mumbai is one of the world’s largest megalopolises. To put it mildly, the city can be unpredictable. But amid the chaos, Mumbai has... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 10 months ago • 660 views • 2:48YouTube description: Oslo is the Tesla capital of the world. I spent a day in Oslo before traveling to Svalbard, and noticed that there were Teslas everywhere. Upon further investigation, I learned... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 785 views • 7:10I couldn't find any info on any projects like this, so I thought I would have a try myself. I thought an oven would be the perfect platform, it already has a door, space for insulation, and comes with... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years ago • 15 views • 7:48The Lahti L-39 is a Finnish 20 mm anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It had excellent accuracy, penetration and range, but its size made transportation difficult. It was nicknamed "Norsupyssy"... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years ago • 140 views • 10:14"We're all familiar with Pomp & Circumstance, the graduation song that's the official soundtrack of almost every commencement. But how did it get so big? In this episode of Vox's Almanac, Phil Edwards... continue reading
posted by ant 7 years 1 week ago • 132 views • 5:34SAD! YouTube: I don't really know what this budget is meant to do aside from raise military spending dramatically while keeping spending almost exactly the same as it is now. It's remarkable how close... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 2 months ago • 338 views • 5:03In 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