I built this grass hut up on a ridge. It's roughly parallel with the tiled hut and wattle and daub hut that are a couple of hundred meters away down in a valley. I built it on a ridge to get away from... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 567 views • 4:17Videos (34) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
"Goggle up. Science is about to happen!" YouTube: I always thought firing from the center was the best way to do it. Turns out I'm probably wrong.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 896 views • 8:44The Coexist logo is famous on bumper stickers and around the world — but it's also at the center of quite a few battles. When Piotr Mlodozeniec designed the first Coexist logo, he had no idea how... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 504 views • 5:33YouTube 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 1 month 1 week ago • 1,003 views • 5:31An interesting riddle - can you sifters solve it, without resorting to the solution in the video (from 1:25)? iflscience: The following riddle is claimed to have been written by Einstein as a boy. It's... continue reading
posted by Zawash 8 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 52 views • 5:08YouTube: The internet uses a lot of energy! But people have come up with ways to make it more efficient.
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 28 views • 4:39From cereal to ice cream to cocktails, it seems that strawberries are served with just about everything. But it wasn't always this way. Today, Americans eat four times as many strawberries as they did... continue reading
posted by enoch 9 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 644 views • 4:42Greed is good. War is inevitable. Whether in political theory or popular culture, human nature is often portrayed as selfish and power hungry. UC Berkeley psychologist Dacher Keltner challenges this notion... continue reading
posted by enoch 9 years 3 months ago • 2,027 views • 4:37EconStories presents a special event on entrepreneurship and innovation. PayPal co-founder and technology entrepreneur Peter Thiel visits the UT Austin campus to talk about innovation, entrepreneurship... continue reading
posted by Trancecoach 9 years 4 months ago • 13 views • 51:15YouTube Description: Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and flares are both solar events, but they are not the same. This video shows the differences between the two by highlighting specific features of... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 6 months ago • 375 views • 1:59"Strategically deployed at stations throughout the system and involved in up to 1,000 train trips a month, the Amtrak Police Department K-9 teams provide a psychological and physical deterrent to potential... continue reading
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 9 years 9 months 1 week ago • 31 views • 6:08YouTube Description: In Memphis's Forrest Park, there's a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest, one of the most infamous and powerful racists in American history. Lately it's been at the center of the city's... continue reading
posted by aaronfr 1 decade 6 months 1 week ago • 543 views • 34:28"This is an excerpt from "The Mad One" a documentary about the visionary artist and architect Paul Laffoley. In this segment Laffoley discusses his role as an architect on the original World Trade Center.... continue reading
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 1 decade 11 months 3 weeks ago • 83 views • 30:37YouTube Description: It has NO EDGE. And NO CENTER... or does it?
posted by Zifnab 1 decade 1 year 1 month ago • 201 views • 4:17