For over a century, one of the most important salmon runs in the U.S. has had to contend with historic dams in Oregon and California. These dams have been responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 3 months 2 weeks ago • 134 views • 3:07

From Youtube, "What started as a simple desire for a better arc lighter got carried away and I ended up making the scariest device I've ever built. In this video I tested a plasma lighter and attempted... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 2 years ago • 46 views • 26:02

YouTube description: Why does shaken soda explode? Does ice melt first in fresh or salt water? This video features experiments that have been shown to me by science teachers over the years. Does... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 982 views • 13:59

YouTube description: Fritz Lang directed an extremely innovated film in 1929 called Woman in the Moon. (Frau Im Mond in German). He hired rocket pioneer Hermann Oberth to be his technical director,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 2 months ago • 339 views • 3:13

Without neutrons, harnessing nuclear energy would be impossible. Try Audible free for 30 days: http://audible.com/veritasium I have a new documentary coming out in a few months - sign up here to be... continue reading

posted by b4rringt0n 4 years 3 months 1 week ago • 661 views • 7:38

YouTube description: What are racing lines and how do they make you faster? Why is the racing line not as simple as the shortest, fastest or easiest path through a turn? What is the karting line? What... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 4 months ago • 838 views • 7:28

Why Apple's relationship to Samsung is like a dysfunctional marriage. Click through for sources - https://youtu.be/o5xxIciBSME

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 496 views • 4:33

We love wood here at The Slingshot Channel. It is our most important raw material by a great margin. When we found this 20" piece of European Dogwood (Cornus Sanguinea) while cleaning up the shed, we immediately... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 203 views • 13:07

YouTube: Used in everything from bullet-proof vests to the walls of the Pentagon, polyurea's strength comes from its long-chain molecules.

posted by PlayhousePals 5 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,632 views • 7:09

for Workers, Employers, and Pretty Much Everybody YouTube: Maybe the person working near you, the one who dragged himself to work and is now coughing and sneezing, couldn’t afford to stay home. Each... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 5 years 8 months 1 week ago • 521 views • 5:25

Somehow, Bernie Sanders' record of fighting for equal rights for minorities and women has come into question by the Clinton campaign when we have footage of him IN CHAINS fighting for and risking his freedom... continue reading

posted by newtboy 6 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 957 views • 2:40

YouTube Description: And how it got its name. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO El Niño is a weather phenomenon that occurs irregularly in the eastern tropical Pacific every... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 1,144 views • 2:59

'Someone/thing' could use a chill pill. YouTube: Happy World Oceans Day! We've teamed up with the SpongeBob SquarePants team to delve a little deeper into the oceans and find out what plankton has done... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 2 months ago • 124 views • 2:43

Energy is neither created nor destroyed — and yet the global demand for it continues to increase. But where does energy come from, and where does it go? Joshua M. Sneideman examines the many ways in... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 8 years 1 month 1 week ago • 292 views • 4:44

YouTube Description: Hank shares the latest developments in science, this week demystifying three freaky things in nature: the polar vortex, why some bugs are infertile, and how a chain can appear to defy... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 288 views • 4:46

"These beads seem to levitate, defy gravity and jump out of the beaker. But how and why do they act like this? We met up with Steve Mould, the science guy from Britain's Brightest, to explore the science... continue reading

posted by ant 9 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 199 views • 5:15