Sewers were one of the earliest and most impactful advents of public health in urban areas, and it’s exciting that we’re still finding new ways to use them to that end.

posted by eric3579 3 days 5 hours 49 minutes ago • 47 views • 12:10

--MSNBC held a town hall in Kenosha, Wisconsin labeled "Trump Country" and Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) debunked the Trump supporters' arguments so thoroughly they end up on his side without realizing it.

posted by newtboy 4 weeks 1 day ago • 442 views • 59 secs

The winds of change has started. The ICE age is ending. This is the decade of the EV. This will be exceedingly painful for the auto industry

posted by bobknight33 2 months 3 weeks ago • 36 views • 8:44

"I’m vaccinated. I’m boosted. And I still got infected with the omicron variant of COVID-19. Here’s what I learned, and what it means for the possible end of this pandemic. References and sources:... continue reading

posted by ant 3 months 3 weeks ago • 105 views • 17:55

What's a "seal" anyway? You know, it's really unclear. Timestamps 0:00 Introduction 0:48 What Are Seals? 1:38 Where Can We Find Them? 2:05 Species of Seals 3:09 The Three Families 3:22 Odobenidae ... continue reading

posted by eric3579 6 months 1 week ago • 340 views • 25:39

"The idea came to me in a dream I had this morning. I didn't really like how the classic Sesame Street "Ladybug's Picnic" song (a staple from my childhood) was performed on the new stop-motion version... continue reading

posted by ant 10 months 2 weeks ago • 15 views • 57 secs

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 10 months 4 weeks ago • 4 views • 2:39:50

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Kailash Satyarthi has dedicated his life to ending child trafficking in India. Despite getting attacked and beaten on many occasions, Kailash remains relentless in his mission.... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 1 year 1 month ago • 8 views • 10:28

Fantastic Infosec sea chanty - how to secure your online presence. Twitter: To reach the ~youth~ we're going to have to make infosec sea shanties, aren't we? Guess so! Behold the tale of kid who reuses... continue reading

posted by Zawash 1 year 3 months 2 weeks ago • 1,044 views • 1:17

From Youtube, "Some places are more threatened by rising sea levels than others, but in the end, we'll all be paying a price. Alternate titles include: "Where You Shouldn't Invest in Real Estate," "Places... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 year 5 months 3 weeks ago • 290 views • 20:12

From Youtube, "By the end of the 21st century, humanity is becoming desperate. Decades of heatwaves and droughts have led to unusually poor harvests, while the warming oceans yield fewer fish each year.... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 year 6 months 3 weeks ago • 506 views • 9:10

From Youtube, "Deep in tropical jungles lie floating kingdoms ruled by beautiful and deadly masters: They are sort of the high elves of the ant kingdoms: Talented architects that create castles and city... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 year 8 months 3 weeks ago • 89 views • 9:04

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 1 year 9 months 2 weeks ago • 44 views • 26:02

Red sprites, secondary jets and newly discovered green afterglow called "ghosts" triggered by red sprites. A dozen vibrant red sprites were recorded on this evening and only two events had the green afterglow.... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 9 months 3 weeks ago • 978 views • 2:32

In this episode of Forgotten Failures, I take a look back at the long forgotten TV spinoff of "Blazing Saddles". This sitcom tried to capture the humor and success of the film that inspired it but would... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 10 months 2 weeks ago • 938 views • 7:36

Createk third-arm : Supernumerary robotic arm powered by magnetorheological clutches and an hydrostatic transmission. Fast enough to compensate for human motions while being safe for physical human-robot interaction. ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 11 months 1 week ago • 111 views • 2:51

All about the business end of being a pirate.

posted by eric3579 1 year 11 months 3 weeks ago • 130 views • 7:21

Writing in the Geophysical Research Letters, NASA says a review of Voyager 2’s old data from 1986 showed that Uranus vented a giant blob of gas into space. This pocket of ionized gas, a plasma structure... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 2 weeks ago • 1,109 views • 6:40

YouTube description: The story of Apollo 13 goes beyond a tale of survival. The mission also successfully completed a science investigation that is still helping to inform our understanding of the Moon... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 1 month 1 week ago • 68 views • 2:46