"If Cookie Monster wants to find the Cookie of Oz, he must remember the directions. He must follow the chocolate chip road, do the opposite of what the cookie tin man says, and finally, go through the... continue reading
posted by ant 1 decade 1 month ago • 131 views • 5:15Videos (82) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
Some people consider them the best part of the movie going experience — the Movie Trailer. Take a look at the evolution of the "coming attractions" from simple silent film splices, through the template... continue reading
posted by randeepsamra 1 decade 2 months 2 weeks ago • 241 views • 14:59YouTube: Hanu Dixit music: https://www.youtube.com/user/HanuDixit0003 Vsauce video about the FRAME RATE of the eye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buSaywCF6E8 Feature Film numbers [PDF]: http://www.uis.unesco.org... continue reading
posted by Janine V. (Lilithia) 1 decade 3 months ago • 383 views • 9:43When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in the United States after being absent nearly 70 years, the most remarkable "trophic cascade" occurred. What is a trophic cascade and how exactly... continue reading
posted by eric3579 1 decade 3 months 3 weeks ago • 4,780 views • 4:34I knew that butterflies had scaled wings, but I didn't know how they get their colors.
posted by nock 1 decade 6 months 2 weeks ago • 255 views • 9:18Vimeo: A visual remix of the famous 2003 Harvard Dialect Survey, which maps out the various dialects of American speech. Read the full article on the film here: theatlantic.com/video/archive/2013/11/soda-vs-pop-vs-coke-... continue reading
posted by Janine V. (Lilithia) 1 decade 6 months 2 weeks ago • 555 views • 4:04"To be a great artist, one must be ready to fail," is just some of the advice offered up by performance artist, Marina Abramović in this recent interview. This idea of failure echoes Samuel Beckett... continue reading
posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 7 months 3 weeks ago • 456 views • 8:46Interesting origins of some colorful English phrases.
posted by nock 1 decade 8 months 2 weeks ago • 427 views • 9:45With no special skill or expertise, Greg Packer has been quoted by media outlets nearly a thousand times. Since his name first appeared on newsprint, in 1995, he’s spoken to reporters on subjects ranging... continue reading
posted by randeepsamra 1 decade 9 months 1 week ago • 286 views • 5:21What, after all, is money? And what sets it apart from something that's simply valuable? A big abstract idea like this called for a hands-on experiment.
posted by randeepsamra 1 decade 9 months 3 weeks ago • 44 views • 3:29Bad posture is the sneakiest workplace risk there is. Discover the dangers and learn some simple ways to stay healthy during your daily office life in this video
posted by randeepsamra 1 decade 9 months 4 weeks ago • 1,115 views • 2:51(vimeo) I think the world would be a better place if everybody tried to learn a foreign language. This is my attempt to show that anyone can do it, and that it's the most fun in the world.
posted by pumkinandstorm 1 decade 11 months 4 weeks ago • 2,487 views • 3:59I would never have guessed...
posted by grinter 1 decade 1 year 3 weeks ago • 1,888 views • 1:57Vimeo description: A paper-letter animation about the history of fonts and typography. 291 Paper Letters. 2,454 Photographs. 140 hours of work. Created by Ben Barrett-Forrest © Forrest Media - 2013 ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 1 month ago • 879 views • 5:09"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 1 year 2 months ago • 83 views • 30:37Vimeo description: Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins. Plankton Chronicles Project by Christian Sardet, CNRS / Noe Sardet and Sharif... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 2 months 4 weeks ago • 252 views • 2:55"Why is the sky blue? It's a question that you'd think kids have been asking for thousands of years, but it might not be that old at all. The ancient Greek poet Homer never used a word for blue in The... continue reading
posted by ant 1 decade 1 year 3 months ago • 47 views • 2:52How is it that we can see so many different colors if our eyes can only detect red, green and blue?
posted by thegrimsleeper 1 decade 1 year 3 months 3 weeks ago • 716 views • 5:14