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The frozen continent of Antarctica contains the vast majority of all freshwater on Earth. Now that ice is melting at an accelerating rate, in part because of climate change. What does this transformation... continue reading
posted by newtboy 5 years 1 week ago • 36 views • 10:16Russian made Documentary
posted by bobknight33 5 years 1 week ago • 23 views • 46:42YouTube description: In an effort to retain heritage, reduce waste and overcome the challenge of finding sites in urban areas, architects, engineers and developers are breathing new life into existing... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months ago • 628 views • 7:15YouTube description: Scientific language can be difficult to parse through for anyone not well-versed in the field. That’s where acclaimed actor Alan Alda comes in. Through the Alda Center for Communicating... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months ago • 498 views • 3:16YouTube description: From the dynamic Choy Li Fut martial art—made world famous by Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee—to the stunning dragon dance, Pun Keng Man takes great pride in building community through... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 259 views • 3:18YouTube description: There is a revolution in the Type 1 diabetes community and thousands of people are now hacking their insulin pumps for better blood sugar management. CNBC's Erin Black, who was... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 5 months 1 week ago • 761 views • 7:09YouTube description: Take a behind the scenes look at how these huge Supertankers are turned so quickly during the 'Camp' fire at McClellan Reload Base, Sacramento Ca. LINKS: http://globalsupertanker.com/ ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 5 months 1 week ago • 180 views • 18:16As America becomes more and more multicultural, Rich Benjamin noticed a phenomenon: Some communities were actually getting less diverse. So he got out a map, found the whitest towns in the USA — and... continue reading
posted by Ashenkase 5 years 6 months ago • 582 views • 13:02YouTube description: Inventor Manu Prakash thinks you can’t understand Earth’s big problems without looking at the (really) tiny things. So he created Foldscope: an origami microscope that brings... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 138 views • 2:56YouTube description: Less than 2 percent of the ocean floor has been explored by scientists. “Every time we go to the deep sea, we find new species of organisms,” explains geobiologist Victoria... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 129 views • 9:46"Protecting yourself, your community, and the animal from harm. Everybody wins!"
posted by ant 5 years 8 months ago • 191 views • 8:44Adam debunks the notion that the Soviets caused the Cuban Missile Crisis.
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 3 weeks ago • 101 views • 1:05YouTube description: When the small Japanese seaside town of Susami needed a tourism boost, an unlikely resident came to the rescue: the town’s postmaster. Together with the local diving community,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 3 months ago • 450 views • 2:55YouTube description: On the little island of Kihnu, seven miles off the coast of Estonia, women run the show. The island still functions as one of the last matriarchal societies left in the world. Historically,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 659 views • 2:54youtube- TEDx Talks Published on Sep 7, 2017 Imagine a global "Hive Mind" that can tap the knowledge, wisdom, insights, and intuitions of millions of people, and produce a super-intelligence that is... continue reading
posted by Buck 6 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 119 views • 15:59There's a rather unknown community of Chinese-Americans who've lived in the Mississippi Delta for more than a hundred years. They played an important role in the segregated South in the middle of the 20th... continue reading
posted by Ashenkase 6 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 983 views • 8:21My dad smoked and drank. He worked in a high stress job. He died at age 49 from stomach issues. YouTube: In 1984, Dr. Barry Marshall had a theory about ulcers that he couldn't convince the science community... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 10 months 1 week ago • 86 views • 4:17"... Watch this Simon's Cat Logic episode to find out how cats communicate using body language. Simon’s Cat Logic is a fun new series where we speak to a Cat Behaviour Expert at Cats Protection (http://www.cats.org.... continue reading
posted by ant 6 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 228 views • 7:45YouTube description: It was fall of 1918. The Allied military’s tactical movements were jeopardized by the German military’s superior espionage capabilities. Not only were the Germans tapping Allied... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 188 views • 1:58