"We've all seen TV snow. Whether because the TV is detuned, or just because we're trying to tune our Mega Drive into a new channel. But why, on a colour TV is this static still presented in a monochrome... continue reading

posted by ant 3 weeks ago • 143 views • 7:20

YouTube description: Duh, except for the sky… and the ocean… Among living things, the color blue is oddly rare. Blue rocks, blue sky, blue water, sure. But blue animals? They are few and far... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 months 1 week ago • 600 views • 8:27

I built a natural draft furnace to test ideas about how hot a furnace could get without the use of bellows. Natural draft is the flow of air through a furnace due to rising hot air. The hot gasses in the... continue reading

YouTube description: How Schlieren imaging works in color, black and white and slow-mo. Filming by Raquel Nuno Sound Effects by A Shell in the Pit (H/T @eric3579)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 months 3 weeks ago • 306 views • 8:59

"... The pigments in our food all get destroyed on their way through our digestive system...so where do the colors of our poop and pee come from? ..." This old ant poops and pees, of many colo(u)rs... continue reading

posted by ant 10 months 3 weeks ago • 17 views • 2:51

YouTube description: We know a lot about dinosaurs but there’s one question that has plagued paleontologists for decades: what color were they? (via digg)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 10 months 4 weeks ago • 334 views • 6:01

YouTube description: Why so many languages invented words for colors in the same order. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In 1969, two Berkeley researchers, Paul Kay and Brent Berlin,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 1 month ago • 607 views • 6:45

YouTube description: In March 1974, Chinese farmers digging a well unearthed the greatest archaeological find of the century - the buried Terracotta Army. After coming across a life-sized human head... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 1 month 3 weeks ago • 626 views

YouTube description: Meet Professor Jamie Seymour, he milks stuff. But nothing that moos, has hooves, wool or fur. He prefers to live life on the edge, milking the venom from the most venomous animals... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 3 months 1 week ago • 171 views • 4:26

YouTube description: Ever wonder what a dinosaur might have looked like? Well, we might have an answer for you and the result is hidden in plain sight. Hosted by: Hank Green... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 9 months 1 week ago • 283 views • 5:11

Always thought it was weird that America switches the traditions red=left, blue=right colour scheme.

posted by ChaosEngine 1 year 9 months 1 week ago • 464 views • 5:53

YouTube description: Greenford, Middlesex. An item about the manufacture of wallpaper. C/U on stuffed birds. C/U of an artist painting the birds in a design. Various shots of artists designing... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 9 months 3 weeks ago • 438 views • 2:52

YouTube description: Make a beautiful colour changing liquid from cabbage juice, and explore the science of indicator solutions in this fun chemistry experiment for children. Download the infosheet... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 3 months 1 week ago • 14 views • 3:56

YouTube description: Teach children how to find the beautiful hidden colours in ink and use chromatography to solve mysteries. For info sheets and printable badges, click here: http://rigb.org/experimental/series-2/c... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 270 views • 3:58

In this documentary we illustrate the brightly coloured and social affairs that bring the 'Sapeurs' together. Their bold choice to live an unexpected lifestyle is a source of celebrated originality and... continue reading

posted by randeepsamra 4 years 4 weeks ago • 29 views • 5:07

Via Open Culture: Not long ago we posted the only known recording of Sigmund Freud’s voice. Today we present rare home movies of the founder of modern psychology, captured during the last decade of his life. ... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 4 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 119 views • 2:03

Schoolteacher Jane Elliott quickly gets her students to discriminate and start hating each other based on the most meaningless of factors. She started doing this in 1968 after Martin Luther King Jr.'s... continue reading

posted by messenger 4 years 12 months ago • 506 views • 14:37

I would never have guessed...

posted by grinter 5 years 1 month ago • 1,884 views • 1:57

From YouTube: With hundreds of unique dialects of English, there's a reason we have our own dictionary. Have you ever popped a button or loosened your belt after a big meal? That's stogged. Chris explains... continue reading

posted by lullaby_lune 5 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 198 views • 59 secs