YouTube description: I got to see an Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) up close and personal at the Monterey Bay Aquarium recently and I fell in love. These things are the superlative of superlatives. They... continue reading
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YouTube description: If you want to drink a cup of tea at the Huashan Teahouse on Mount Hua, you’re going to have to put in the effort to get there. The journey starts with a 20-minute cable car ride.... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months 1 week ago • 465 views • 2:39YouTube description: Dig in to the history of the Roman Empire’s staged gladiatorial naval battles and how they flooded the Colosseum to reenact famous battles. Starting in 80 CE, residents of... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 428 views • 4:20YouTube description: Meowing, Purring, Trilling, Chattering, Yowling, Hissing and Growling Cats! … Have your cats made all of these noises? (via laughingsquid.com)... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 618 views • 4:23YouTube description: Thanks to all the Dunedin Railways team! You can find out more about them here: https://www.dunedinrailways.co.nz/ Edited by Michelle Martin (@mrsmmartin) I'm at http://tomscott.com ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months ago • 338 views • 2:27YouTube description: The Citicorp Center repair is a classic engineering case study of how mistakes must be avoided in engineering and construction of public works. A skyscraper in New York City needed... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,280 views • 8:24YouTube description: There was so much I wasn't able to tell you. Like, for example, most of the jellyfish on display at the aquarium are born and bred at the aquarium. They do active research on jellyfish... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,388 views • 8:03YouTube description: We normally build a dam to hold water back and store it for use in water supply, irrigation, hydropower, or flood control. But sometimes we have to let some water go. Whether we... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 1,035 views • 8:15YouTube description: David Owen reports on noise pollution, an intangible phenomenon with serious costs to human health and wildlife. (H/T @eric3579)
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 379 views • 8:45YouTube description: At the University of Canterbury, in Christchurch, New Zealand, the team at Mars Bioimaging are using detector equipment originally developed for the Large Hadron Collider, and putting... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 639 views • 5:41YouTube description: Kerosene Creek is a natural hot spring near Rotorua, on the North Island of New Zealand. And there have been official warnings for years: don't put your head under water. It turns... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years ago • 423 views • 3:42YouTube description: A quick overview of how we build underwater structures.
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 week ago • 427 views • 8:18YouTube 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) 5 years 1 week ago • 336 views • 4:33YouTube description: Some of the top-selling car brands in the United States are Japanese — Toyota, Honda, and Nissan especially. But the reverse isn't true – General Motors, Ford, and Fiat Chrysler... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 weeks ago • 731 views • 7:13YouTube description: people are weird sometimes -- (my favourite part is 5:54 to 6:43)
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 weeks ago • 824 views • 9:55YouTube description: Even though you can see purple, there's no purple light. This also explains why we can use a colour wheel when the electromagnetic spectrum is linear. (H/T @eric3579)... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 weeks ago • 897 views • 4:52YouTube description: A short video of the result :) Thanks for watching! Like, comment, subscribe! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kris.temmerman/ check out the previous video: https://youtu.be/E_6e71BJOzM... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month ago • 339 views • 2:51YouTube 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 1 month 1 week ago • 152 views • 4:06YouTube description: Rising to a height of 1.3 kilometres, Dubai Creek Tower is set to become the tallest man-made structure in history. For more by The B1M subscribe now: http://ow.ly/GxW7y Read... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month 1 week ago • 693 views • 4:56YouTube description: Micco and his older brother Samsoche (Seneca and Muscogee Creek), who perform together as the Sampson Brothers (https://sampsonbrosarts.com) are well known on powwow grounds and... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month 1 week ago • 202 views • 4:21