Cannabis is finally being decriminalized in more and more places around the world. And for very good reasons! Compared to other legal drugs such as alcohol, cannabis is pretty mild and most users enjoy... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 4 months ago • 62 views • 14:42

Have you ever wondered what happens when a star explodes? In this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson dives into the fascinating phenomenon of a star explosion in the constellation Corona Borealis, specifically... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 months 1 week ago • 58 views • 8:45

The original Star Wars trilogy was groundbreaking for its special effects, its world building, its action, and so, so much more. But if you ask George Lucas, it isn't the action, nor the performances,... continue reading

posted by newtboy 9 months 3 weeks ago • 45 views • 10:59

This car goes from 0-62 miles per hour (100kph) in 0.956 of a second. This is the classic acceleration test, one that we all grew up using to compare cars. A Formula 1 car will do it in about two and... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 3 weeks ago • 133 views • 17:05

This moment comes from 2016 offshore of Los Angeles in the in NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Our Corps of Exploration originally guessed this purple orb could be a pleurobranch sea slug... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 11 months 3 weeks ago • 90 views

The first full-color images from the James Webb Space Telescope are finally here! Let's take a look, talk about what we're seeing, and compare them to the most detailed version of these images we had before.

posted by BSR 2 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 212 views • 7:48

The EPIC OF GILGAMESH is the earliest great work of literature that we know of, and was first written down by the Sumerians around 2100 B.C. Ancient Sumer was the land that lay between the two rivers,... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 15 views • 3:56

Plain old soap and water absolutely annihilate coronavirus. Read more about the coronavirus pandemic at http://vox.com/coronavirus You've been told a thousand times: wash your hands to stop the spread... continue reading

posted by eric3579 4 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 379 views • 3:45

While testifying before the House Financial Services Committee, comedian Hasan Minhaj called out members of Congress for the student loan crisis by comparing current tuition costs to what they originally... continue reading

posted by newtboy 5 years 6 months ago • 470 views • 3:05

YouTube description: Until the mid 1950’s, small short-range airliners like the twin engined IL-14 were really the only type the Soviet Union produced. And that meant flying across the country’s... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 428 views • 10:05

YouTube description: Comparing modern concrete to that of the western Roman empire. In this video, I discuss a few modern techniques that help improve design life of concrete, including roller compacted... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 4 months 1 week ago • 495 views • 9:34

YouTube description: At 30-years-old, Yu Kikuchi was tired of his job. Working in an assembly line that made turbines, he was aching to find a new lease on life. So when he heard about 80-year-old master... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 5 months ago • 305 views • 2:46

I condone dumping Trump World, combine with BC ... Cascadia here we come!

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 9 months ago • 21 views • 6:13

Source: Vox

posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 10 months ago • 19 views • 8:44

Bill nominates, perhaps only provocatively, James Bosnack's cigarette machine as the invention with the greatest economic impact on the 20th century. Cigarettes, as compared to pipes and cigars, are and... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 7 years 3 weeks ago • 90 views • 2:41

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) 7 years 2 months ago • 606 views • 8:27

Ruth shows us the average penis size compared to a 'micro-penis' with a tape measure.

posted by C-note 7 years 3 months ago • 210 views • 1:39

Sea Creatures can be monstrously large, but how big can they get compared to you?

posted by Mekanikal 7 years 6 months ago • 135 views • 7:03