From YouTube, "Our home is burning. Rapid climate change is destabilizing our world. It seems our emissions will not fall quickly enough to avoid runaway warming and we may soon hit tipping points that... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 2 years 11 months 1 week ago • 145 views • 16:11

Imagine pole-vaulting across dangerous terrain, down steep slopes and ravines. "Salto del pastor"—translated from Spanish as "the shepherd's leap"—is just that. Now a folk sport and hobby, it was once... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 752 views • 3:53

Createk third-arm : Supernumerary robotic arm powered by magnetorheological clutches and an hydrostatic transmission. Fast enough to compensate for human motions while being safe for physical human-robot interaction. ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 124 views • 2:51

From Youtube, "At this very second, you are on a narrow ledge between life and death. You probably don’t feel it, but there is an incredible amount of activity going on inside you. And this activity... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 4 years 10 months ago • 560 views • 11:31

co-drivers telling them what's ahead that racers are able to drive full speed around blind corners and over sudden drops.

posted by bobknight33 4 years 10 months 1 week ago • 469 views • 6:55

YouTube description: The Citicorp Center repair is a classic engineering case study of how mistakes must be avoided in engineering and construction of public works. A skyscraper in New York City needed... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 9 months 1 week ago • 1,281 views • 8:24

At the old hut site (the new one being temporarily cut off by flooding) I made lime mortar from the shells of rainforest snails by firing them in a kiln, slaking them in water, mixing them into lime putty.... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years ago • 408 views • 7:08

School of Life's close reading of Machiavelli's the Prince avoids the trap of "How to Be a Tyrant".

posted by oblio70 8 years 1 week ago • 921 views • 5:17

You guys know I tried to give Weird Al a joint after one of his concerts right? I was young, drunk and didn't know he was squeaky clean. Gotta say he was very polite [as far as I recall that is] YouTube:... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 58 views • 7:34

YouTube: Cats are known for their curiosity, and as that one saying goes “it killed the cat”. But we can help our cuddly counterparts avoid this sad fate if we watch out for these three everyday things.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 28 views • 3:21

YouTube: From taking your files ransom to foiling uranium enrichment, here are five more computer viruses that you really want to avoid.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 5 months 1 week ago • 632 views • 11:07

"Urushiol oil in poison sumac, poison oak, and poison ivy may produce a severe skin rash. Timely urushiol removal can prevent poison ivy skin reaction. The key is to understand how poison ivy works... ... continue reading

posted by ant 8 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 1,239 views • 5:14

YouTube: Cholesterol! For decades it’s been demonized as the reason so many people have heart disease. We ‘ve been watching it, and avoiding it like the plague

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 12 months ago • 219 views • 5:09

YT: Do you want to avoid annoying pop sounds when recording your beautiful voice? Then learn to make an Anti Peh! The actual howto starts at 2:16.

posted by Zawash 1 decade 8 months ago • 285 views • 3:10

"If you eat natural foods do it because you like the flavor, don't do it because you think you're avoiding carcinogens, if anything it's just the opposite."

posted by truth-is-the-nemesis 1 decade 9 months 2 weeks ago • 158 views • 5:27

Neatorama: DIY fanatics like myself consider Adam Savage (of Mythbusters fame) to be one of the gods of DIY. The man can build really cool stuff out of a pile of random stuff, and his diverse skillset,... continue reading

posted by Zawash 1 decade 9 months 2 weeks ago • 255 views • 43:41

"Watch Barry Cooper, a former police officer in Texas focusing on narcotics interdiction for eight years, teach you exactly what you need to know to stay out of jail. With over 800 felony and misdemeanor... continue reading

posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 1 decade 1 year 8 months 2 weeks ago • 1,569 views • 1:30:46

Youtube Description: This 50 minutes long BBC documentary film is aired in the year 2011. The BBC film says it is the first and the most technological advance in the world, ancient chariot racing, the... continue reading

posted by oohlalasassoon 1 decade 1 year 11 months 1 week ago • 557 views • 48:32