From Youtube, "Anti-gravity is one of those controversial subjects that some say is more in the realm of science fiction than science fact with many physicists saying it's just not theoretically possible... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 week 4 days ago • 106 views • 14:25

True Facts: Leafhoppers and Friends

posted by BSR 1 week 5 days ago • 387 views • 5:35

Deinopis is a throwback to an older, cooler kind of cribellate spider. Lots of spigots...LOTS. OF. SPIGOTS.

posted by BSR 1 month 3 weeks ago • 893 views • 6:46

"... It sounds like such an incredible fact. “Our own cells are outnumbered by our microbes 10 to 1!” I don’t remember where I first heard it. But I read it in science papers and articles by journalists,... continue reading

posted by ant 2 months 1 week ago • 1,341 views • 13:23

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 5 months 1 week ago • 159 views • 20:41

According to a new report from the United Nations, our planet is in worse shape than at any other time in human history. The Trump Administration has done everything they can to do nothing about climate... continue reading

posted by newtboy 6 months 1 week ago • 1,044 views • 3:01

The Coffee Break video that started the uproar with Kurzgesagt. -Popular Science is science for the masses. The stock in trade is nifty insights and suprising facts, conclusions that amaze and astound.... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 months ago • 828 views • 17:49

YouTube description: Thunderstorm time lapse and spectacular phenomenon with facts and information of where to witness these fascinating sights. Upward lightning, mammatus, sprites, gustnadoes and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 12 months ago • 492 views • 6:19

In this video, Tim demonstrates a variety of Lenz's Law demonstrations. At its simplest, you can just drop a magnet down a metal tube, maybe made of copper or aluminium, and be surprised at how slowly... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago • 965 views • 6:01

YouTube: "The giant anteater resembles a walking index finger with a mullet...and leg warmers."

posted by PlayhousePals 1 year 5 months 1 week ago • 1,187 views • 7:25

YouTube description: A metal alloy spoon melts in tea. Featuring Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff and Senior Technician Neil Barnes. Why not use Gallium? Well - besides the fact it's not what we... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 6 months ago • 1,314 views • 4:27

"If you need calcium, eat a milkman." Mom

posted by PlayhousePals 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago • 960 views • 4:58

"BOO!" Look who's back!!!

posted by PlayhousePals 1 year 6 months 3 weeks ago • 1,595 views • 3:13

At the old hut site (the new one being temporarily cut off by flooding) I made lime mortar from the shells of rainforest snails by firing them in a kiln, slaking them in water, mixing them into lime putty.... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 1 year 8 months 2 weeks ago • 193 views • 7:08

YouTube description: There's a link from a 13th century legend, to a 16th century insult book, to a 19th century writer, to a 20th century comic book hero. And it starts in a small village near Nottingham,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 11 months 2 weeks ago • 507 views • 2:46

"... Ever since Macauley Culkin smashed his hands against his face and screamed, audiences have loved the film HOME ALONE. It has become a Christmas classic; played along side other holiday pictures that... continue reading

posted by ant 1 year 11 months 2 weeks ago • 15 views • 14:01

Well, if you discount the fact that sugar is basically poison over time.

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 4 weeks ago • 269 views • 1:23