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posted by bobknight33 3 years 11 months 1 week ago • 35 views • 3:32YouTube description: The story of Apollo 13 goes beyond a tale of survival. The mission also successfully completed a science investigation that is still helping to inform our understanding of the Moon... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 1 month ago • 69 views • 2:46In most developed countries, workers have the right to a certain number of paid sick days. It’s a policy that isn’t rooted in just generosity — during pandemics like the novel coronavirus, it can... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 1 month 1 week ago • 430 views • 6:33Michael Osterholm is an internationally recognized expert in infectious disease epidemiology. He is Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, the director of the Center for... continue reading
posted by eric3579 4 years 2 months ago • 1,286 views • 6:59"... Step aboard Discovery and explore the space shuttle in 360. National Air and Space Museum and Google Arts & Culture have teamed up to bring a piece of Hubble’s history to life like never before.... continue reading
posted by ant 4 years 9 months ago • 18 views • 6:55YouTube description: The Citicorp Center repair is a classic engineering case study of how mistakes must be avoided in engineering and construction of public works. A skyscraper in New York City needed... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,280 views • 8:24The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration observed the supermassive black holes at the center of M87 and our Milky Way galaxy (SgrA*) finding the dark central shadow in accordance with General Relativity,... continue reading
posted by eric3579 5 years 4 weeks ago • 332 views • 5:24This successful test of the upgraded and now human rated Dragon capsule is the first step towards the USA being able to send astronauts to the ISS without hitching a lift on Russian Soyuz spacecraft. ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months ago • 516 views • 4:57YouTube description: Scientific language can be difficult to parse through for anyone not well-versed in the field. That’s where acclaimed actor Alan Alda comes in. Through the Alda Center for Communicating... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 498 views • 3:16Here's a fast method to find the center of boards and other objects without using a tape measure or figuring math! In 2 minutes you'll learn how to use a speed square or combination square (VERY common... continue reading
posted by BSR 5 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 26 views • 2:27"It’s more than just dancing around. ... If you’ve ever seen an orchestra perform you’ve probably had a difficult time looking away from the person dead center on the stage – the conductor. It’s... continue reading
posted by ant 5 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 16 views • 4:42YouTube description: When dancer David Chanishvili is on stage, he believes that he can fly. Indeed, he appears to glide through the air with ease while performing for the traditional Sukhishvili Georgian... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 1,315 views • 2:33The internet allows us to see videos, photos, and news from anywhere in the world almost instantaneously. But how?! In this video we learn about the hundreds of underwater fiber optic cables that connect... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 649 views • 7:37YouTube description: John Reber had a plan: to dam the San Francisco Bay. He convinced some politicians - and it took the US Army Corps of Engineers, and the Bay Model they built in Sausalito, to prove... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 5 months 1 week ago • 1,416 views • 4:34For two years, I went to a British public boarding school, and recently, I attended a reunion. I talk about them.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 20 views • 8:24Fencing is actually 3 different events. Here's how to tell them apart.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months ago • 17 views • 5:33NASA's Juno spacecraft captured a unique time-lapse movie of the Galilean satellites in motion about Jupiter. The movie begins on June 12th with Juno 10 million miles from Jupiter, and ends on June 29th,... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 10 months 1 week ago • 515 views • 2:59- 1
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