After long nights of tear gas and rubber bullets, some protesters, news crews, and medics in Minneapolis last weekend found themselves stranded: The tires of their cars had been slashed. In a city... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 month ago • 646 views • 1:15

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 2 months 3 weeks ago • 518 views • 11:31

On a hike looking for rare limestone endemic plants in Death Valley, we spotted the wreckage of a plane! After several hours of hiking and many interesting plants, we managed to scramble over to the wreck.... continue reading

posted by eric3579 3 months ago • 1,761 views • 5:01

From Youtube, "Neutron stars are one of the most extreme and violent things in the universe. Giant atomic nuclei, only a few kilometers in diameter but as massive as stars. And they owe their existence... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 8 months 3 weeks ago • 747 views • 8:41

YouTube description: Life is chemistry. From diatom to Diana, life is not a magical imbued trait, is a process of the physics of our universe. The precise and convoluted chemistry of life requires specific... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 months 3 weeks ago • 506 views • 10:13

YouTube description: Death is inevitable and mysterious, even in the microcosmos. Stentors, heliozoans, and yes, even tardigrades, experience death in many different ways.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 11 months ago • 344 views • 7:21

Most poisonous mushrooms won’t kill you—they’ll simply cause a severe headache or vomiting. Death-cap mushrooms are not like the others. As little as half an Amanita phalloides contains enough toxin... continue reading

posted by BSR 1 year 2 months 1 week ago • 685 views • 2:34

YouTube description: The Ganges River is a highly revered site by Hindus and an iconic, historical epicenter in India. As hundreds of millions of people visit the Ganges each year, there is a dedicated... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 9 months 3 weeks ago • 147 views • 2:26

YouTube description: Credits: Narrator/Director: Brian McManus Co-Director: Mike Ridolfi Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net/) Footage of Hamburg Energy Bunker courtest of Perspektive... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 924 views • 8:52

Back in the 1990s, Portugal faced a heroin crisis. Most people knew someone affected by the lethal drug. Just two decades later, the country has one of the lowest drug-related death rates in the world.... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 2 months 1 week ago • 495 views • 3:43

Between 1950 and 1970 the number of deaths on Sweden's roads more than doubled. Today though, it has one of the world’s lowest rates of traffic fatalities. This is the story of how the Swedish Government... continue reading

posted by b4rringt0n 2 years 2 months 1 week ago • 1,858 views • 3:31

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) 2 years 9 months ago • 713 views • 8:16

Terry Crews has more strength in one bicep than most humans have in their entire being. But how is he with spicy food? Find out as the Brooklyn Nine-Nine star enters the Hot Ones terrordome and goes beastmode... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 10 months ago • 497 views • 21:54

YouTube description: They may look serene as they glide across the surface of a stream, but don't be fooled by water striders. They're actually searching for prey for whom a babbling brook quickly becomes... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years ago • 355 views • 3:34

As horrific as this is, it probably should be shown to all young drivers. Heck, we could all learn a thing or two. - I watched it and It made me do some thinking on how I drive.

posted by bobknight33 3 years 1 week ago • 226 views • 25:53

This French PSA is going viral. Fake car noise is blared at jaywalkers in a crosswalk, simulating a car screeching towards them at speed with it's brakes locked. The reactions are priceless, and caught... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 2 months 1 week ago • 1,436 views • 1:55

Everything will end. Even the universe. But in a future so far away that it defies description, there will still be light and therefore a chance for life. It will be around White Dwarfs, the corpses of... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 3 months ago • 143 views • 6:29