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 1 year 8 months 2 weeks ago • 194 views • 7:08

nerdwriter analyses Goya's scary ass painting. I wonder if this has anything to do with the painting popping up in Altered Carbon? (it appears in a key characters appartment)

posted by ChaosEngine 1 year 8 months 3 weeks ago • 721 views • 8:47

YouTube description: The village of Kamikatsu in Japan has taken their commitment to sustainability to a new level. While the rest of the country has a recycling rate of around 20 percent, Kamikatsu... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 11 months ago • 477 views • 4:13

Humans emit roughly 30 to 40 billion tons of the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, into the atmosphere each year. If we keep it up, Earth will continue to heat up and ultimately devastate our way of life. ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 105 views • 2:18

Y-vaporates and makes it con-cargobonatyed

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 7 months ago • 21 views • 4:28

If your glass glass glass made of glass melts because the Dr Pepper is too hot, you have gone way too far.

posted by Mekanikal 2 years 9 months ago • 299 views • 2:01

I invented the Bow Blower, a combination of the bow drill and forge blower to make a device that can force air into a fire while being easy to construct from commonly occurring natural materials using... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 1,382 views • 4:32

Graphite is one of the many interesting forms of carbon. And carbon I love! It morphs into coal, diamond, graphite, graphene, fullerenes, nanotubes, buckyballs and more, all with their own set of fantastic... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 4 months ago • 1,643 views • 4:58

Watch this complex object get 3D printed in less than 15 minutes. Sean and Norm visit Carbon, the makers of the M1 3D printer, to get a demo of this new super fast 3D printing technology working in real-time.... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 377 views • 24:31

Watch this cool science experiment with Sulfuric Acid and Sugar. Sulfuric acid (96%) is mixed with sugar, which is attacked by the acid.

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 252 views • 4:54

Beware the death bubble. YouTube: We all know space travel is pretty dangerous, but here are a few more things that you probably wouldn't have thought to look out for!

posted by PlayhousePals 3 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 30 views • 4:28

YouTube: Over it’s lifetime, the Earth has seen plenty of climate change. About 50 million years ago the planet experienced extreme cooling, and all from a little fern.

posted by PlayhousePals 3 years 7 months ago • 357 views • 4:04

YouTube description: I made a batch of charcoal using the mound method then stored it in baskets for later use. Charcoal is a fuel that burns hotter than the wood it's made from. This is because the... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 9 months ago • 994 views • 5:31

"It's Reefer Badness out there!"

posted by PlayhousePals 3 years 12 months ago • 249 views • 5:46

Come on baby ... light yours! YouTube: Why does fire burn? What’s the chemistry and physics of a flame? This week, learn about the beautiful science happening inside a flame!

posted by PlayhousePals 4 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 318 views • 4:12

I love the sound of breaking glass. YouTube: A special thank you to Dr. John Skinner, who is part of the Smarter Every Day Research team via Patreon for helping come up with the "tree explanation" of... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 4 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 1,988 views • 8:51

"... buckyballs are all around us." YouTube: In 1985, scientists discovered that 60 carbon atoms could join up to form one big soccer ball shape: a buckyball! It’s a strange little molecule.

posted by PlayhousePals 4 years 6 months ago • 22 views • 4:47

YouTube: Even if you don't want to eat them, your apple cores still have plenty of energy left to give. SciShow explores how cities are capturing that energy and turning it into fuel

posted by PlayhousePals 4 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 11 views • 4:26