YouTube description: Why so many languages invented words for colors in the same order. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In 1969, two Berkeley researchers, Paul Kay and Brent Berlin,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 634 views • 6:45Videos (111) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
Chef is holy ground for film foodies, and as demonstrated in a previous episode, has some real culinary chops behind it (courtesy of Roy Choi). I love a good Cubano as much as the next guy, but can some... continue reading
posted by Mekanikal 7 years 6 months ago • 43 views • 3:48YouTube description: Osaka's Gate Tower Building is an amazing sight to see because ... well, how should I put this? A highway goes through the building. It literally does, and there is a story behind it. ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 1,611 views • 5:48YouTube description: Meet Professor Jamie Seymour, he milks stuff. But nothing that moos, has hooves, wool or fur. He prefers to live life on the edge, milking the venom from the most venomous animals... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 176 views • 4:26In 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 7 months ago • 100 views • 6:27YouTube description: Originally built by the Incas, the manmade salt pans in Maras, Peru, have endured for over 500 years. Beneath the Qaqawiñay mountains runs a salty fresh spring, which empties into... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,535 views • 1:20At YouTube Space New York, there's the Mixed Reality lab: a virtual reality setup using an HTC Vive, a third controller, and some fancy compositing equipment. It's brilliant, and I got to visit and look... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 104 views • 4:26Pillaging Vikings, huge runestones, protective amulets... Discover the linguistics behind the Norse Runes
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 450 views • 6:59YouTube description: In Bremen, Germany, there's a tower more than a hundred metres high: it's called the Fallturm, or the Drop Tower. If you want a cost-effective way to test an experiment in microgravity... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 299 views • 4:02"The science behind the stereogram craze of the 1990s. You might have remembered when sterograms appeared on Seinfeld. Learn about how these images trick the brain..."
posted by ant 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 29 views • 9:23YouTube: Whether or not it's worth investing in, the math behind Bitcoin is an elegant solution to some complex problems.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 412 views • 9:26YouTube description: Behind any commercial flight is centuries of political negotiations and accords that dictate who, how, and where airlines can fly. (H/T @eric3579)... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months 1 week ago • 411 views • 14:05YouTube: Go behind the scenes of SNL to see what goes into creating the show's weekly looks with Jodi Mancuso and Louie Zakarian. Hear how they transformed Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon into Donald Trump... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 17 views • 4:17YouTube: It appears at night, sneaks up behind its prey, and sucks its blood! Is it a vampire? No, it’s a vampire bat! Here are some bloody amazing facts about them for Halloween!
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 11 months ago • 452 views • 4:27YouTube description: Get your free one month trial with The Great Courses Plus: http://ow.ly/cH94303M6Gt This month I was visiting my parents living in Dubai and I took the chance to make a video... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 11 months ago • 510 views • 7:38YouTube: Look alive, you! Today we’re diving into the science behind dark circles under your eyes, and all the things that might cause them – tiredness included.
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 1 week ago • 372 views • 2:26A newly designed wind turbine leaves behind a loud, noisy and sometimes dangerous traditional feature of bladed turbines.
posted by newtboy 8 years 1 week ago • 801 views • 1:14Is Hank trying for a goatee? YouTube: Let's face it: Humans are pretty messy. Industrial processes like mining and manufacturing are important parts of keeping civilization going, but they all impact... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 4 weeks ago • 282 views • 10:13YouTube description: It’s probably the most well known peacetime battle between the USA and the Soviet Union, in both technological and ideological terms of the 20th century. Although the USA won... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 1 month ago • 812 views • 14:23YouTube description: Ken Spitulski from KenCraft Company Inc. shows the real power of a tablesaw. (via digg)... continue reading
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