YouTube description: We know these cute little water bears can survive the vacuum of space but are they actually immortal? We'll explore that and other misconceptions about tardigrades in this week's... continue reading

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YouTube description: What are racing lines and how do they make you faster? Why is the racing line not as simple as the shortest, fastest or easiest path through a turn? What is the karting line? What... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 6 months ago • 827 views • 7:28

"Tardigrades, also referred to as "water bears," are eight-legged microscopic animals that are seemingly impossible to kill, having been found everywhere from Antarctica to the deep sea."

posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 2 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 1,096 views • 4:10

YouTube: We have a very unhelpful tendency – when in relationships – to idealise what it was like being single. We should learn how to bear proper witness to our single days.

posted by PlayhousePals 2 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 111 views • 3:02

Meet the binturong, aka "bearcat." With a face like a cat, a body like a bear, and a tail like a monkey, these reclusive creatures are pretty strange looking, and the strangeness doesn't end with their... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 521 views • 1:25

Via YouTube: Fewer than three dozen Gobi bears survive in the Gobi Desert, a harsh landscape that stretches from Mongolia into China. Journalist and wildlife biologist Douglas Chadwick describes the efforts... continue reading

posted by Gratefulmom 2 years 8 months 1 week ago • 346 views • 5:25

"Our field-tested experts will show you how to be the very best bear! ..."

posted by ant 3 years 2 months ago • 7 views • 1:40

Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 373 views • 2:11

YouTube: Celsius never devised nor used the scale that now bears his name.

posted by PlayhousePals 3 years 4 months ago • 206 views • 8:12

YouTube: It may not look like it sitting in that cute bear bottle, but honey is a supercharged bacteria-killing powerhouse!

posted by PlayhousePals 3 years 5 months ago • 723 views • 4:20

YouTube: Adorable, sure. But giant pandas present a conservation challenge like no other. Find out how the bears eke out an existence in the wild, and why they’re proving so hard to save.

posted by PlayhousePals 4 years 6 months ago • 129 views • 4:26

"Apparently, your biggest enemy is not lions and tigers and bears ..." YouTube: What were the first organisms to have sex? We may never know the answer, but as Bill Nye explains in this Big Think interview,... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 4 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 228 views • 3:58

I've never seen a bear exhibit like THIS! Leave it to Seattle for ... whatever this is. Beware of the bears. YouTube Description: Produced by Kirsten Pisto At Woodland Park Zoo's Bear Affair, 700-pound... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 141 views • 3:22

"Any bigger and it's just embarrassing."

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 1,978 views • 3:59

What do people do while waiting for wine grapes to ferment? Enjoy a beer, of course. Charlie Bamforth, the head of Malting and Brewing Science at UC Davis, explains beer-making and reveals how to pick... continue reading

posted by braschlosan 6 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 200 views • 5:06

Kaitlyn Collins is a former Green Bay Packers cheerleader whose photo was placed on a Chicago Bears fan page with the caption 'Like if you agree the Packers have the worst cheerleaders in the NFL!' Kaitlyn... continue reading

posted by BobsBlitz 6 years 8 months 1 week ago • 611 views • 4:21