YouTube description: Adam Savage makes things and builds experiments, and he uses costumes to add humor, color and clarity to the stories he tells. Tracing his lifelong love of costumes — from a childhood... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 months ago • 155 views • 13:08Videos (127) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
A look at some of the great walls over the years. A video by @criticalthud. one of our own here on the sift.
posted by eric3579 7 years 2 months ago • 661 views • 2:14In 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 2 months 1 week ago • 99 views • 6:27I really like to run my Tesla Coil in vacuum, so let’s build a vacuum chamber, or at least try!
posted by Mekanikal 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 149 views • 7:03This video, courtesy the Illinois Geological Survey, shows how earthquake liquefaction can affect buildings and buried structures. The concept presented is elementary but will provide you a basic understanding... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 817 views • 1:14YouTube: February 6: On this day in 1964, Britain and France agreed to build the Channel Tunnel..
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 949 views • 5:07For a few months each winter, Harbin, China, turns into a fantastical "city of ice." From January 5 through February 25, this chilly provincial capital plays host to the Harbin International Ice and Snow... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 3 months ago • 431 views • 2:53At the University of Salford's Energy House, all the energy use is monitored and controlled, allowing researchers to experiment with all sorts of insulation and energy-saving techniques. But how to control... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 104 views • 3:36YouTube description: Foraminifera – tiny, single-celled marine life forms – build gorgeous houses that record how much ice there is on the planet. Special thanks to Professor Lee Kump of Penn... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 489 views • 2:51In Gävle, Sweden, every year they build Gävlebocken, an enormous traditional Swedish Christmas straw goat. And every year, someone tries to burn it down. Here's to holiday traditions.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months ago • 377 views • 2:59Real Engineering explores the question of why build higher instead of sprawling outward.
posted by RFlagg 7 years 5 months 1 week ago • 286 views • 16:33The killer punch of the mantis shrimp is the fastest strike in the animal kingdom, a skill that goes hand in hand with its extraordinary eyesight. They can see an invisible level of reality using polarized... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 36 views • 4:00I built a prawn trap from lawyer cane, sticks and vine. Then I caught some prawns and ate them. Prawn (and fish) traps are simple traps designed to catch aquatic life due to their shape. It consists... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months ago • 257 views • 7:16YouTube 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 6 months 1 week ago • 510 views • 7:38In the winter, the entire place is trying to kill you!
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 890 views • 5:21YouTube: People like to say all kinds of things about protein – like, you need to eat lots of it to build muscle and lose weight. The truth is, the science of protein and how your body uses it is much... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 317 views • 4:50As urban populations continue to rise, innovators are looking beyond traditional farming as a way to feed everyone while having less impact on our land and water resources. Vertical farming is one solution... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 10 months ago • 832 views • 3:38