Plimpton 322 is the name given to a 3,800-year-old clay tablet discovered in Iraq in the early 20th Century by archeologist Edgar J Banks, the man believed to have inspired Indiana Jones. Over time this... continue reading

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The Palestinian ambassador to the U.N. speaks to the assembly about the actual Palestinian position on the Israeli war. It bears mentioning that Hamas is not the elected governing body, they seized control... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 4 months ago • 109 views • 42 secs

A quick basic-level tour through the first official image released by JWST, of the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723

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Does your dog like toys? What do you think she imagines when thinking of her favorite toy? In this new study, published in the Journal of Animal Cognition, we examine how typical family dogs and dogs... continue reading

posted by BSR 2 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 117 views • 2:27

Isaac. The Story of a Little Giant. Heroic and cute, the landmine-detecting super rats! "... These rats defy stereotypes: they’re friendly and cute, but most importantly they save human lives. Thanks... continue reading

posted by ant 3 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 184 views

From Youtube, "Bowling has been reinvented many times over the past seven thousand years but especially in the last 30. This is the fascinating physics of balls, oil, lane and pins. Huge thanks to... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 3 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 485 views • 28:01

"Olympic sports are contested in the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games. They are Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics. Besides, there are two more Olympics. They are Special Olympics and Paralympics.... continue reading

posted by ant 3 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 15 views • 2:40

Professors John Kemeny and Tom Kurtz along with a band of Dartmouth undergraduates invent the Basic computer language.

posted by bobknight33 3 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 9 views • 38:13

From Youtube, "Well... this took longer than expected. I am sorry you had to wait so long for me to finish this video, I had some reading to do, then write the video, record the audio, and then the... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 4 years 10 months 1 week ago • 19 views • 1:09:23

YouTube description: People use boats for all kinds of reasons, and in the same way, there are all kinds, shapes, sizes, and ages of locks used for waterway navigation across the world. Freight is big... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 248 views • 10:37

From Youtube, "Well, looks like it's that time of year again. When Ben Shapiro (or anyone else) argues that rap and hip hop aren't technically considered music, they're flying in the face of basically... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 5 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 22 views • 13:55

YouTube description: Something about the Apollo missions always confused me, sure, the step off of the lunar lander’s 91 cm footpad was a small step, but the step just before that was actually enormous! ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 483 views • 14:48

YouTube description: I got to see an Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) up close and personal at the Monterey Bay Aquarium recently and I fell in love. These things are the superlative of superlatives. They... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,838 views • 3:58

Kimberly Noble: How does income affect childhood brain development? Neuroscientist and pediatrician Kimberly Noble is leading the Baby's First Years study: the first-ever randomized study of how family... continue reading

posted by notarobot 5 years 11 months 1 week ago • 52 views

YouTube description: What do Skrillex, David Bowie, Salt-N-Pepa and basically every drum and bass track have in common? They've all used the Amen break, a four-bar drum solo that has become the most... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 427 views • 4:05

YouTube description: For decades, one of the most abundant kinds of fossils on Earth, numbering in the millions of specimens, was a mystery to paleontologists. But geologists discovered that these mysterious... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 615 views • 7:00

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

YT: I built an A frame hut as a large work space for projects. First I made a celt hatchet to cut timber for the hut. The axe head was made of amphibolite and the handle was made of a species of wattle.... continue reading

posted by nanrod 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 524 views • 9:05