Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), in his capacity as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, co-led a hearing of the full Judiciary... continue reading

posted by newtboy 11 months 3 weeks ago • 277 views • 5:49

"... A more detailed article on how we research our videos: https://medium.com/@Kurzgesagt/how-research-and-factchecking-work-at-kurzgesagt-f5b239188255 In 2023, Kurzgesagt has existed for 10 years... continue reading

posted by ant 1 year 3 weeks ago • 47 views • 9:58

At 2994 meters on a never-before-surveyed seamount north of Johnston Atoll, the team made a thrilling discovery — the chance to examine an animal spotted for the very first time in the Pacific Ocean!... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 1 month ago • 213 views • 1:46

Brian Cox - Solving The Fermi Paradox: Intelligent Alien Life in Our Galaxy Brian Cox explains the details behind the Fermi Paradox and why we haven't yet found intelligent alien life. The more interesting... continue reading

posted by BSR 1 year 3 months 3 weeks ago • 74 views • 10:18

In this video, Vaclav will teach you how to read Prague Astronomical Clock, step by step. You will learn how to read the Old Czech Time, Old German Time, Babylonian Time, and Vaclav will also tell you... continue reading

posted by BSR 1 year 4 months ago • 28 views • 6:26

The first full-color images from the James Webb Space Telescope are finally here! Let's take a look, talk about what we're seeing, and compare them to the most detailed version of these images we had before.

posted by BSR 1 year 9 months 1 week ago • 210 views • 7:48

When humans first populated North America and how they arrived has long been a matter of spirited debate. A recent study detailing what archeologists believe are the oldest known footprints in the United... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 1 week ago • 197 views • 6:26

You use those things pretty often but I bet you've never paid attention to some important detail. Here's a list of 65 everyday objects with hidden purpose most of us don't know.

posted by BSR 2 years 10 months ago • 23 views • 18:38

Roger Reaves is a former pilot and drug smuggler who employed Barry Seal & ended up in prison for 33 years in 26 different prisons, in 7 different countries spanning 4 continents. His friends and associates... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 2 years 10 months ago • 5 views • 2:39:50

From Youtube, "...66 million years ago, maybe on a Tuesday afternoon, life was the same as it had been the day before or a thousand years before or pretty much a million years before. Things were good... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 2 years 10 months 1 week ago • 305 views • 12:02

YouTube description: Have you ever asked yourself what is going on when using a lighter? Let's go macro and see the process in detail with extreme slow motion. Filmed with Photron Fastcam at 20.000... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 995 views • 1:23

The multiverse hypothesis or theory holds that a group of multiple universes (possibly infinite universes) comprise everything that exists: The entirety of space, time, matter, energy, information, and... continue reading

posted by BSR 2 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 143 views • 10:03

February 2017 saw one of the most serious dam-related engineering incidents in history with the failure of the service spillway at Oroville Dam. Whether they realized it or not, the people living and working... continue reading

posted by eric3579 2 years 11 months 1 week ago • 465 views • 18:27

I highly recommend listening to the song first, or at least the first half. As a drummer for 32 years (8 formally on actual drums / in public, the rest on available surfaces and arguably in rhythm games),... continue reading

posted by moonsammy 3 years 1 week ago • 497 views • 10:15

From Youtube, "Do you like driving, potentially not having a rent bill, and don't mind living at truck stops? Then driving a truck might be for you! Contributor Jon K. shares a day in the life of being... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 3 years 3 months ago • 65 views • 7:06

"I have trained magpies in my garden to trade litter for food. In this version the birds trade bottle-caps for food. Thr food dispenser contains a mix of peanuts and 'cat-food'. obviously, the birds prefer... continue reading

posted by ant 3 years 5 months 1 week ago • 41 views • 2:07

"Take a look inside a hive as a wasp queen begins her reign; founding a colony, hunting to feed her brood and defending against intruders. As the sun rises, something royal stirs inside a pile of firewood.... continue reading

posted by ant 3 years 8 months ago • 16 views • 5:23

From Youtube, "What started as a simple desire for a better arc lighter got carried away and I ended up making the scariest device I've ever built. In this video I tested a plasma lighter and attempted... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 3 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 55 views • 26:02

YouTube description: 50 Years Ago Apollo 13 was preparing to launch on a mission that would become famous for the wrong reasons, 56 Hours into the mission an oxygen tank would explode, blowing the side... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 2 weeks ago • 29 views • 12:18

YouTube description: It's an often told story about Apollo 12 getting struck by lightning, crippling the command module in flight and John Aaron in mission control figuring out the exact switch to flip... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 7 months 1 week ago • 261 views • 13:55