YouTube description: Why so many languages invented words for colors in the same order. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In 1969, two Berkeley researchers, Paul Kay and Brent Berlin,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 634 views • 6:45Videos (75) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
YouTube description: Should we double down or give up and go our separate ways? This video will probably not make everybody happy. Probably for completely opposite reasons. Some people want less... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 458 views • 7:42YouTube description: Meet Professor Jamie Seymour, he milks stuff. But nothing that moos, has hooves, wool or fur. He prefers to live life on the edge, milking the venom from the most venomous animals... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 176 views • 4:26In this video I build a garden to grow Cassava and yams, two staple food crops. Cassava is a shrub that develops large edible roots. Yams are a climbing vine that produce large, edible underground bulbs... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 7 months ago • 100 views • 6:27YouTube description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-super-glue-was-invented-moments-of-vision-8-jessica-oreck Today, super glue is a nearly indispensable household item — but its... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 362 views • 1:54YouTube description: In the high-speed world of rally car racing, you’re only as good as your co-driver. As these racers speed around hairpin turns on unpaved, narrow roads, drivers must rely on the... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 540 views • 4:06Via YouTube: Any molecular biologist will tell you that genetic engineering is tricky. But up until recently we might be witnessing a new age in human development.
posted by Gratefulmom 8 years 3 weeks ago • 181 views • 8:39"... In this episode we take a look at some facts, secrets, and history of Luigi. Luigi is was by Nintendo veteran Shigeru Miyamoto, and is portrayed as the fraternal twin brother of Mario. Luigi first... continue reading
posted by ant 8 years 1 month ago • 12 views • 7:36YouTube description: Conceived in the open sea, tiny spaceship-shaped sea urchin larvae search the vast ocean to find a home. After this incredible odyssey, they undergo one of the most remarkable transformations... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 1 month ago • 658 views • 3:23The ongoing study is part of a growing interest in coral fluorescence among the scientific community. Coral Fluorescence was recently found to be a strong indicator of coral health, and coral fluorescence... continue reading
posted by newtboy 8 years 4 months ago • 127 views • 4:05YouTube description: Dirt is probably the cheapest and simplest construction material out there, but it's not very strong compared to other choices. Luckily geotechnical engineers have developed a way... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 4 months 1 week ago • 930 views • 7:53YouTube description: Just as vinyl records have a pattern of grooves and ridges that contain the sound, talking tapes - which were originally developed in 1918 - work on the same principle. Along the... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 688 views • 3:37"... an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, from Arpanet to Internet..." From http://educatedearth.net/video.php?id=4569 ...
posted by ant 8 years 7 months ago • 25 views • 8:10Who else misread the title? [missed the word IN!] YouTube: In this week's SciShow News, we discuss two new types of sensors being developed. One tracks the content of certain molecules in your sweat... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 8 months ago • 181 views • 5:06The fascinating video above tells the story of MIT Professor Ioannis Yannas, who was recently inducted into the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame alongside such luminaries as the Wright brothers and Steve... continue reading
posted by enoch 8 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,844 views • 16:57Do you see what I see? YouTube: Scientists may understand how the eye works, but seeing what other animals see is another matter entirely. Learn how eyes evolved, and find out which animal's eye biologist... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 8 months 1 week ago • 447 views • 2:43In the middle of the Mojave desert lies California City, the largest city never built. It is now a vast network of roads carved into the sand for miles and miles with nothing but tumbleweeds and cacti... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 8 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 1,098 views • 4:55YouTube: Disenchanted with the out-of-date curriculum of traditional college, Jeremy Rossmann dropped out of MIT. Within a few years, he and co-founder Ashu Desai, started The Make School, a college replacement... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 493 views • 4:02This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Building strong children is easier than repairing broken adults. Why allow something to break only to try to fix... continue reading
posted by LukeForsyth455 8 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 24 views • 17:43