YouTube description: On La Gomera, a small island in Spain’s Canary Islands, the last speakers of a language without words reside. "El Silbo," a whistled communication used in rural and isolated areas,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 197 views • 3:53

Yay Bees! Just don't come buzzin' around yours truly if you please. YouTube: Most flowering plants are more than willing to spread their pollen around. But some flowers hold out for just the right partner.... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 5 months ago • 450 views • 3:49

YouTube description: Have ever wondered how digital illustrations are made? This video explains the basics. Help us keep making videos by supporting us in https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth We try... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 483 views • 3:49

YT: Your sports team wins. The confetti drops. And suddenly, the video quality falls apart. Why? Let's talk about interframe compression, bitrate, and unnecessary green screen effects.

posted by Fantomas 8 years 7 months ago • 168 views • 4:20

YouTube description: A overview of how film works, the different types of film, and its place in the world of modern digital filmmaking. (via digg)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 8 months ago • 284 views • 5:11

YouTube description: This week we answer skeptics like Descartes with empiricism. Hank explains John Locke’s primary and secondary qualities and why George Berkeley doesn’t think that distinction... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 9 months 1 week ago • 147 views • 9:52

New Year's resolutions bad

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 12 views • 3:41

"You can't think and hit at the same time." Yogi Berra

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 2 months ago • 762 views • 6:51

YouTube Description: Jellyfish don’t have a heart, or blood, or even a brain. They’ve survived five mass extinctions. And you can find them in every ocean, from pole to pole. What’s their secret?... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 2 months ago • 170 views • 2:56

"The deeper you go, the weirder it gets." YouTube: We know more about some other planets than we do about the deepest corners of Earth's oceans, and the species we've found there are almost alien. Here's... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 474 views • 3:10

Come on baby ... light yours! YouTube: Why does fire burn? What’s the chemistry and physics of a flame? This week, learn about the beautiful science happening inside a flame!

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 318 views • 4:12

A great, physics-based explanation of why blurring colors on a computer doesn't look quite right, and how image storage/display could be easily improved

posted by blacklotus90 9 years 9 months ago • 645 views • 4:14

"We named the whole shebang after the sun." YouTube: In today's Crash Course Astronomy, Phil takes a look at the explosive history of our cosmic backyard. We explore how we went from a giant ball of... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 110 views • 10:17

Nature's biochemistry at its creepiest!

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 311 views • 6:35

It was the change that no-one saw coming: the idea that we could take a book, a painting or a song and send it through cables and wires and even thin air to the other end of the world - and it would be... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 5 months 2 weeks ago • 653 views • 5:43

YouTube: Hanu Dixit music: https://www.youtube.com/user/HanuDixit0003 Vsauce video about the FRAME RATE of the eye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buSaywCF6E8 Feature Film numbers [PDF]: http://www.uis.unesco.org... continue reading

posted by Janine V. (Lilithia) 1 decade 9 months 2 weeks ago • 383 views • 9:43

Throw out what you think you know about digital audio signals and get your facts straight in 20 minutes with Monty. This should be required viewing for music and audio people. Youtube Video Description: ... continue reading

posted by hamsteralliance 1 decade 1 year 7 months 2 weeks ago • 3,171 views • 23:53

Worth the time.

posted by Mobius 1 decade 1 year 8 months ago • 309 views • 12:50

"Why is the sky blue? It's a question that you'd think kids have been asking for thousands of years, but it might not be that old at all. The ancient Greek poet Homer never used a word for blue in The... continue reading

posted by ant 1 decade 1 year 9 months 1 week ago • 47 views • 2:52

YouTube Description: Happy Pi Day! Special thanks to Toby (or not Toby) for playing Dog Hamlet. This cool website lets you search the first 200,000,000 digits of Pi. See if your phone number... continue reading

posted by Zifnab 1 decade 2 years 9 months 1 week ago • 1,582 views • 3:46