There’s a saying in the sea, 'If it’s a cone, leave it alone'. Although they look pretty harmless cone nails are pretty deadly. They're a chemical making factory that travels around an a giant sticky... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 790 views • 3:48

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) 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 176 views • 4:26

YouTube: There are a few animals that will instinctively lick their wounds when injured. SciShow Quick Questions explores the reasons why they do this, and why we sometimes have to stop them from doing it

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 1 month ago • 23 views • 2:44

I know the presenter isn't very hip (or TED), but what he has to say about color should cause your brain to explode and then unexplode because everything makes sense.

posted by Magicpants 9 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 940 views • 16:08

YouTube: Quick Questions dispels the myth that dogs can only see in black and white

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 270 views • 1:53

(Description via YouTube) Everyone has played with a mixture of corn starch and water (or at least I hope they have). This was one of my favorite experiments as a kid. Your hand slides into the slime... continue reading

How 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 10 months ago • 716 views • 5:14

YouTube Description: Anti-parabola propoganda, plus musing on math class, cardioids, connect the dots, envelopes of lines, even a bit of origami.Extra points to a certain Andrea whose line-enveloped... continue reading

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