YouTube: Abusing inhalants, like glue, can cause serious health problems, and you shouldn't need a video on the internet to tell you that. But let's take a deeper look at why these chemicals are so dangerous.
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world and the only living structure visible from space. Although ecosystem managers in Australia have worked hard to preserve the... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 12 months ago • 541 views • 8:11Turns out even the tiniest of screw-ups can result in major problems. From metric math mistakes at NASA to impatient generals dooming their own men. -yt
posted by eric3579 7 years 2 weeks ago • 440 views • 10:56It was just a routine workers’ compensation fraud case for Ken Sheppard. Show up for a spot check, do some surveillance of the subject and keep it pushing. But on March 3, 2014, it was anything but routine... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 1,157 views • 5:01YouTube 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 2 months 1 week 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 2 months 3 weeks ago • 99 views • 6:27YouTube description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-super-glue-was-invented-moments-of-vision-8-jessica-oreck Today, super glue is a nearly indispensable household item — but its... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 362 views • 1:54Works for me as an anti inflammatory which aids in pain relief for my knees. YouTube: When most people hear about marijuana, they think about the high caused by THC. But what if marijuana didn’t cause... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 229 views • 5:02In this video, we explore the helicopter speed limit, dissymmetry of lift, and what causes retreating blade stalls.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 709 views • 4:15Warning: May cause a germophobic episode! YouTube: We covered the Five Second Rule a couple years ago. And, just a few weeks ago, colleagues at the New York Times (and many other news sources) wrote... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 6 months ago • 96 views • 5:43Chances are if you make a chicken sandwich yourself it will cost less than $5, but Andy George's chicken sandwich cost $1,500 because he made everything from scratch. What causes this huge difference in... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months 1 week ago • 62 views • 10:42Last month I brought attention to a particularly nasty product currently promoted online to vulnerable people as a cancer cure. Black salve is a paste made from a mixture of Bloodroot extract and zinc... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 330 views • 8:10YouTube description: In something like water, particles like electrons can beat light in a race – and cause a blue glow to prove it. Hosted by: Caitlin Hofmeister... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 341 views • 3:07YouTube: 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 7 years 8 months ago • 372 views • 2:26I 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 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 1,388 views • 4:32Graphite 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 7 years 10 months ago • 1,655 views • 4:58YouTube description: Sometimes flight recorders are the only way the victims' families will know what happened to the plane. Immediately following an airplane crash anywhere in US territory, the... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 11 months ago • 229 views • 5:31YouTube: You know that thing you've been putting off for awhile, that could probably be done now but instead not doing 'cause it doesn't sound like fun' right now? Well here's an explanation as to why... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 12 months ago • 16 views • 8:36I made a rough type of textile from bark fibre. This is the same tree I use for making cordage though I don’t know its name. It has been raining a lot here lately (the video also shows how well the hut... continue reading
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