What do you get when you cross rodeo with skiing? The wild and wacky Skijoring of course. Every winter, thousands of people descend on the old mining town of Leadville, Colorado, high in the Rocky Mountains,... continue reading

posted by newtboy 10 months 2 weeks ago • 65 views • 2:27

"Flashback to the holiday season of 2001. After years of filming, the first film in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, is due to hit theaters, and expectations... continue reading

posted by ant 2 years 4 weeks ago • 5 views • 24:24

The US government deterrent to keep Asian Carp from getting to Lake Michigan from the Illinois river includes tazers and bubbles.

posted by eric3579 4 years 3 weeks ago • 128 views • 6:31

Ipley Cross, in the middle of the New Forest, is one of the most dangerous road junctions in Britain. Why? • Thanks to Bez, whoever you are: their definitive article on this junction is here: https://singletrackworld.c... continue reading

posted by eric3579 4 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 622 views • 4:12

"Teaching remotely in an empty classroom didn't keep me from doing an April Fool's prank video on my math class online during a video conference. In this one, the video version tried to figure out how... continue reading

posted by ant 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 491 views • 3:36

YouTube description: The story of Apollo 13 goes beyond a tale of survival. The mission also successfully completed a science investigation that is still helping to inform our understanding of the Moon... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 70 views • 2:46

Building a spooky Halloween Robot Centipede was made possible by the Pro members of Makers Play ground. Thank you all for your love and support of the maker community. This project was a little challenging... continue reading

posted by newtboy 5 years 5 months ago • 223 views • 9:57

YouTube description: Learn about the life and art of Mexican surrealist painter Frida Kahlo, who explored disability, relationships and Mexican culture in her work. -- In 1925, Frida Kahlo was... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 152 views • 4:06

YouTube description: Thunderstorm time lapse and spectacular phenomenon with facts and information of where to witness these fascinating sights. Upward lightning, mammatus, sprites, gustnadoes and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 498 views • 6:19

YouTube description: Squirrel intelligence and agility get put to the test in this obstacle course. (via laughingsquid.com)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 4 months ago • 1,566 views • 2:36

"Elevator. It’s a fascination and a fear for many. Countless action movies and TV shows feature stuck elevators, fights in elevators, and, of course falling elevators. How many times when an elevator... continue reading

posted by ant 6 years 4 months ago • 219 views • 7:36

YouTube description: For the past 30 years, Paul Francis has been crafting the perfect sound, honing his skills at a company that has been in the business of making cymbals for 400 years. Making cymbals... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months 1 week ago • 832 views • 2:41

They called it that because it lasted 9 years.

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 113 views • 10:40

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: Every time a Delta IV launches people inevitably ask if the rocket consuming fireball is supposed to happen. The answer is yes, this is caused by the rocket purging its engines... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 803 views • 6:14

Believe it or not, off-roading is actually illegal in Iceland - they'll lock you up. There is an exception, though, in the form of the outrageous Icelandic Formula Offroad Championship. Strapped into home-built... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 249 views • 7:24

YouTube: I have always thought that sex ed and statistics should be the same course. There's no better way to show how vital stats is to your every day life than to look at statistics. Probabilities... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 411 views • 3:56

Let's say you're traveling at 17,500 miles per hour (28,000 km/h) in low earth orbit, your main engines are out of fuel, and it's your job to guide the spaceship through a fiery re-entry without burning... continue reading

posted by Ashenkase 7 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 114 views • 17:49

James May explains why trains can't go uphill very well (unless it's a cog railway of course :) )

posted by blackfox42 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 1,037 views • 5:04