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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 8 years 2 weeks ago • 357 views • 4:04YouTube 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) 8 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 1,003 views • 5:31"It's Reefer Badness out there!"
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 5 months 1 week ago • 254 views • 5:46Come 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 8 years 9 months ago • 318 views • 4:12I 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 8 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,993 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 8 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 24 views • 4:47YouTube: 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 9 years 1 week ago • 12 views • 4:26"Everybody is worth something."
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 4 weeks ago • 88 views • 7:06Up in smoke? YouTube: When you burn fat, where does it go? Many people, even some doctors, think it’s just “burned up.” But that’s not possible! Find out where your fat really goes
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 594 views • 2:43YouTube: SciShow News explains an ominous record that Homo sapiens just broke: the highest levels of carbon dioxide emissions, the leading factor in global warming. Hank explains what it means, and what... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 7 months 1 week ago • 65 views • 3:31Common misconceptions about climate change. References below: For CO2, sea levels, Arctic sea ice, Antarctic and Greenland land ice: http://climate.nasa.gov Satellite data shows that ground-based... continue reading
posted by cricket 9 years 7 months 1 week ago • 868 views • 6:50YT: This test works equally well for AA, AAA, C, D and 9 Volt alkaline batteries. It is our understanding that the following chemical reactions occur and helps to explain our observations. A non-rechargeable... continue reading
posted by Zawash 9 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 589 views • 5:32Except why we can't get along.
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 9 years 9 months ago • 154 views • 7:22YT: If you haven't heard of it before, you have now. And it may prove to be the next big thing in materials science. SciShow explains what it is, why it's so awesome, and what challenges we face in harnessing... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 140 views • 4:49Sixty Symbols
posted by BoneRemake 1 decade 2 years 9 months ago • 960 views • 9:17For the first time ever, science levitates beer! In the interest of science, beer is levitated using magnetic levitation over a million times stronger than the Earth's magnetic field to see what would... continue reading
posted by reiwan 1 decade 4 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 1,353 views