Nobel Peace Prize Winner Kailash Satyarthi has dedicated his life to ending child trafficking in India. Despite getting attacked and beaten on many occasions, Kailash remains relentless in his mission.... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 3 months 1 week ago • 6 views • 10:28

From Youtube, "Deep in tropical jungles lie floating kingdoms ruled by beautiful and deadly masters: They are sort of the high elves of the ant kingdoms: Talented architects that create castles and city... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 11 months ago • 87 views • 9:04

From Youtube, "At this very second, you are on a narrow ledge between life and death. You probably don’t feel it, but there is an incredible amount of activity going on inside you. And this activity... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 year 2 months 2 weeks ago • 533 views • 11:31

Michael Osterholm is an internationally recognized expert in infectious disease epidemiology. He is Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, the director of the Center for... continue reading

posted by eric3579 1 year 4 months 2 weeks ago • 1,282 views • 6:59

From Youtube, "In nearly every corner of the Earth, ants wage war against each other. Their weapons are what nature gave them. Some have strong armour, deadly stingers or sharp mandibles. And then there... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 year 10 months ago • 462 views • 9:23

YouTube description: This millipede uses deadly cyanide gas to keep predators at bay. But one beetle can tolerate the toxic defense and rides the millipede like a bucking bronco. Who will win this showdown... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 3 months ago • 336 views • 4:33

Both beautiful and terrifying, this is a quick look at fungi, with a focus on their reproduction. It goes beyond terrifying if you happen to be an @ant, or similar cordyceps-susceptible life form.

posted by noims 2 years 3 months ago • 365 views • 4:44

YouTube description: In 1966 an SR-71 "Blackbird" disintegrated at 78,000 feet. The pilot's first thought was "No one could live through what just happened. Therefore, I must be dead."... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 1,631 views • 14:09

(H/T @eric3579)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 10 months 1 week ago • 406 views • 8:35

"It’s more than just dancing around. ... If you’ve ever seen an orchestra perform you’ve probably had a difficult time looking away from the person dead center on the stage – the conductor. It’s... continue reading

posted by ant 3 years ago • 13 views • 4:42

"You'll probably survive." YouTube: If you've spent any time on the internet, you know that Australia is host to all sorts of horrible spiders and snakes. But that doesn't even begin to cover the myriad... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 3 years 1 month ago • 155 views • 11:18

YouTube description: They may be dressed in black, but crow funerals aren't the solemn events that we hold for our dead. These birds cause a ruckus around their fallen friend. Are they just scared,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 2 months 1 week ago • 852 views • 4:35

"What goes on inside that cremation machine? ..."

posted by ant 3 years 3 months 1 week ago • 61 views • 6:43

At the old hut site (the new one being temporarily cut off by flooding) I made lime mortar from the shells of rainforest snails by firing them in a kiln, slaking them in water, mixing them into lime putty.... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 404 views • 7:08

On the morning of July 7, 1944, Captain Ben L. Salomon of the U.S. Army’s 105th Infantry, commissioned as a dentist, single-handedly held off a fierce attack of an overwhelming force of Japanese soldiers... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 44 views • 6:24

YouTube description: Frances Glessner Lee created dollhouses with dead dolls. In this episode of Vox Almanac, Vox's Phil Edwards explains why. Frances Glessner Lee's "Nutshell Studies of Unexplained... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 714 views • 8:16

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 3 years 9 months ago • 781 views • 3:48