Extreme Ownership | Jocko Willink | TEDxUniversityofNevada From YouTube: War is hell, but war is also a brutal teacher. War teaches you about brotherhood, honor, humility, and leadership. In this riveting... continue reading

posted by chicchorea 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 115 views • 13:50

For a few months each winter, Harbin, China, turns into a fantastical "city of ice." From January 5 through February 25, this chilly provincial capital plays host to the Harbin International Ice and Snow... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 3 months ago • 431 views • 2:53

(H/T @eric3579)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months ago • 366 views • 15:44

The 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 2 weeks ago • 649 views • 7:37

In this small city near San Francisco, the dead outnumber the living by a thousand to one. There's some gruesome history here - and a few questions for the future.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months ago • 22 views • 2:45

YouTube description: Lost for decades beneath the streets of Naples, Italy, the Galleria Borbonica is a time capsule of the city's history. The system of tunnels and caverns was originally created in... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 5 months ago • 139 views • 1:28

Real Engineering explores the question of why build higher instead of sprawling outward.

posted by RFlagg 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 286 views • 16:33

CPG Grey attempts to explain a few issues with the electoral college.

posted by newtboy 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 532 views • 4:43

Not sure how this fits in and not very topical but I found it interesting.

posted by vil 7 years 6 months 1 week ago • 191 views • 10:05

Youtube: Modern cities are designed for cars. But the city of Barcelona is testing out an urban design trick that can give cities back to pedestrians.

posted by RedSky 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 817 views • 5:31

In the winter, the entire place is trying to kill you!

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 890 views • 5:21

YouTube description: On La Gomera, a small island in Spain’s Canary Islands, the last speakers of a language without words reside. "El Silbo," a whistled communication used in rural and isolated areas,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 197 views • 3:53

YouTube description: Engineers that work with fluids need a solid understanding of how they behave, and there’s one branch of fluid mechanics that plays a role in areas all across our lives. Whether... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 116 views • 10:07

The Interstate Highway System was one of America's most revolutionary infrastructure projects. It also destroyed urban neighborhoods across the nation.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 452 views • 4:39

In Wuppertal, Germany, there's the Schwebebahn: a suspended monorail that carries 80,000 people a day above the streets of the city, and above the river Wupper. It's a wonderful thing: but it wasn't the... continue reading

posted by blacklotus90 8 years 3 months 1 week ago • 927 views • 1:52

YouTube: In Egypt's sandy silence, all alone, Stands a gigantic Leg, which far off throws The only shadow that the Desert knows:— "I am great OZYMANDIAS," saith the stone, "The King of Kings; this... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 17 views • 12:03

In the middle of the Mojave desert lies California City, the largest city never built. It is now a vast network of roads carved into the sand for miles and miles with nothing but tumbleweeds and cacti... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 5 months ago • 1,098 views • 4:55

"Ants don’t eat leaves. They use them to grow white tufts of nutritious fungus to feed their offspring. Their success as farmers has made leafcutter ants into fungus tycoons, complete with their own... continue reading

posted by ant 8 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 345 views • 3:31

YouTube: 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

"Our concrete jungles can be hard on wildlife."

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 1 month 1 week ago • 99 views • 3:21