The killer punch of the mantis shrimp is the fastest strike in the animal kingdom, a skill that goes hand in hand with its extraordinary eyesight. They can see an invisible level of reality using polarized... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 1 week ago • 36 views • 4:00Videos (35) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
YouTube description: Cashews are a member of the same family as poison ivy, Anacardiaceae. Like poison ivy and many other members of the family, part of the cashew plant contains an oily chemical called... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 1,154 views • 2:07***Contains spoilers about the show, you have been warned.***
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 594 views • 6:46YouTube description: in this video i will try to explain how a bladeless fan works. is a bit difficult do it in english. if you can do it better please use comment box below. the space between the... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 1,002 views • 4:53From YT: North America didn’t always have its familiar shape, nor its famed mountains, canyons, and plains: all of that was once contained in an unrecognizable mass, buried deep in Rodinia, a huge supercontinent... continue reading
posted by WeedandWeirdness 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 223 views • 4:58Cooking and leaching Black bean to remove the poison making it safe to eat. A basket was made to leach the poison out in a stream. Also shown are Atherton Oak nuts. The Aboriginal artifacts found near... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 11 months ago • 299 views • 4:51YouTube description: Just as vinyl records have a pattern of grooves and ridges that contain the sound, talking tapes - which were originally developed in 1918 - work on the same principle. Along the... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 12 months ago • 688 views • 3:37Published on Mar 11, 2012 Sometimes a single unlikely idea can have massive impact across the world. Sir Harold Evans, the author of They Made America, describes how frustration drove Malcom McLean,... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 7 years 12 months ago • 475 views • 4:47YouTube: Ring tailed lemurs waft their special scent to attract females, but the very latest science suggest that his scent contains clues to a different strength...
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 3 months ago • 19 views • 2:38Warning****hard to watch badly poisoned dog, but he's saved and healthy in the end. In a very close brush with death, we rescued this very sweet dog who had most likely ingested rat poison containing... continue reading
posted by newtboy 8 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 435 views • 2:51The largest container ship in the world launched earlier this month. It's nearly the size of four football fields. Here's how container ships got so huge and transformed the global economy. Subscribe to... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 9 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,563 views • 2:34YT: This test works equally well for AA, AAA, C, D and 9 Volt alkaline batteries. It is our understanding that the following chemical reactions occur and helps to explain our observations. A non-rechargeable... continue reading
posted by Zawash 9 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 589 views • 5:32(youtube) In this teaching video, Suzanne Stensaas, Ph.D., demonstrates the properties and anatomy of an unfixed brain. WARNING: The video contains graphic images, a human brain from a recent autopsy.
posted by pumkinandstorm 1 decade 5 months 1 week ago • 597 views • 6:20YouTube Description: What would you see if you were drifting through space, looking back at the sun? Well its light intensity would decrease as the inverse square of distance from the sun. And you would... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 1 month 3 weeks ago • 569 views • 3:06I just received a package from France! Containing a few of my favorite famous French cakes called Madeleines. So here is a video to celebrate my luck if you ever have the chance give them a try. ;) ... continue reading
posted by ctrlalt bleach (ctrlaltbleach) 1 decade 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago • 51 views • 3:35