YouTube: In which John Green investigates war, and what exactly it may or may not be good for. Was war a result of human beings organizing into larger and more complex agricultural social orders, or did... continue reading
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Via Brainpickings. Part 1. All of history's greatest figures achieved success in almost exactly the same way. But rather than celebrating this part of the creative process we ignore it. This missing... continue reading
posted by Trancecoach 9 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 496 views • 5:49"View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-many-ways-can-you-arrange-a-deck-of-cards-yannay-khaikin . One deck. Fifty-two cards. How many arrangements? Let's put it this way: Any time you pick... continue reading
posted by ant 1 decade 1 month 2 weeks ago • 25 views • 3:42zefrank! "... it's mouth is exactly where I thought it's butt should be."
posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,250 views • 6:14When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in the United States after being absent nearly 70 years, the most remarkable "trophic cascade" occurred. What is a trophic cascade and how exactly... continue reading
posted by eric3579 1 decade 3 months ago • 4,780 views • 4:34From YT: How does a transistor work? Our lives depend on this device. When I mentioned to people that I was doing a video on transistors, they would say "as in a transistor radio?" Yes! That's exactly... continue reading
posted by mxxcon 1 decade 10 months ago • 55 views • 6:00"These beads seem to levitate, defy gravity and jump out of the beaker. But how and why do they act like this? We met up with Steve Mould, the science guy from Britain's Brightest, to explore the science... continue reading
posted by ant 1 decade 10 months 3 weeks ago • 199 views • 5:15"Watch Barry Cooper, a former police officer in Texas focusing on narcotics interdiction for eight years, teach you exactly what you need to know to stay out of jail. With over 800 felony and misdemeanor... continue reading
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 1 decade 10 months 3 weeks ago • 1,569 views • 1:30:46YouTube Description: Light is so common that we rarely think about what it really is. But just over two hundred years ago, a groundbreaking experiment answered the question that had occupied physicists... continue reading
posted by aaronfr 1 decade 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago • 1,437 views • 7:40Voyager 1 will leave the Solar System and enter interstellar space some time in the next few months... it was actually launched at the exact same day I was born! :) Go Voyager go!
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