Is what is said ... what is implied? YouTube: Last week we talked about language and meaning. Today, Hank explores some of the things that complicate meaning and how we get around that. We’ll explain... continue reading
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YouTube: Three times in the last two weeks, people — a patient, a colleague and my wife — told me stories about how out of control the price of EpiPens were. Monday, my New York Times colleagues recounted... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 9 months ago • 724 views • 7:02In a laboratory at Oxford University sits the Oxford Electric Bell, which has spent 176 years constantly ringing. And no-one's quite sure what the battery that powers it is made of...
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 625 views • 4:07With 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 10 months 2 weeks ago • 966 views • 8:37YouTube description: On La Gomera, a small island in Spain’s Canary Islands, the last speakers of a language without words reside. "El Silbo," a whistled communication used in rural and isolated areas,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 197 views • 3:53Published on Jul 25, 2016 Imagine if right-wing extremist neo-nazi skinheads had spent the last 8 months carrying out the same amount of terror that Islamists are responsible for. Do you think the... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 7 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 167 views • 4:38The ongoing study is part of a growing interest in coral fluorescence among the scientific community. Coral Fluorescence was recently found to be a strong indicator of coral health, and coral fluorescence... continue reading
posted by newtboy 8 years 1 week ago • 127 views • 4:05The guy narrating is a bit stiff, but the info was interesting Via YouTube: Watch and listen to this insightful story of how Da Vinci created the Last Supper.
posted by Gratefulmom 8 years 2 weeks ago • 42 views • 1:56The last thing we want to do is water down the teaching of biology because some people don't recognize that evolution happened.
posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 8 years 4 weeks ago • 758 views • 3:33Triton 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 2 months ago • 234 views • 17:43"At first glance, the asp caterpillar looks cuddly enough to pet. And amazingly, it also happens to resemble Donald Trump’s hair. And this caterpillar is also super poisonous. The pain from its injected... continue reading
posted by blacklotus90 8 years 2 months 1 week ago • 13 views • 1:38Senator Elizabeth Warren delivers a floor speech on March 9, 2016, urging Senate Republicans to give timely consideration and an up-down-vote to President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee. "SHALL... continue reading
posted by newtboy 8 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 800 views • 8:23WooHoo! Hank said Washington State! YouTube: Last week, it was announced that we've detected gravitational waves on Earth. Now, Hank explains what that means for the future and why it's such a huge deal.
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 564 views • 4:39The last star in the universe will be a red dwarf. Red dwarfs in general might be great places to look for aliens – or planets for humans to find a new home after our solar system has died.
posted by ChaosEngine 8 years 4 months 1 week ago • 515 views • 5:51YouTube Description: And how it got its name. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO El Niño is a weather phenomenon that occurs irregularly in the eastern tropical Pacific every... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 1,145 views • 2:59Leave your answers in the comments for the last two.
posted by eric3579 8 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,441 views • 4:52WooHoo! YouTube: Last week I talked about the many ways exercise is awesome. This week I want to focus on one way it’s not. Weight loss. Sorry, but that’s the topic of this week’s Healthcare Triage.
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 1,183 views • 5:51YouTube: Hank shares losses and finds this week, including a huge amount of Antarctic ice that’s lost for good, and 10 cool new species that are last year’s top finds.
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 2 weeks ago • 91 views • 5:14yT "Scotty Kilmer, mechanic for the last 46 years, shows how you can quickly check out a used car BEFORE you buy a potential lemon"
posted by blackfox42 9 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 987 views • 4:35@lann @eric3576 Getting my room mates cherries cut out in 12 hours. I am scared for him but happy for me ! ! TERRITORIAL ASSHOLE. Last two weeks this guy has kind of got an attitude... continue reading
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