What's the best way to convince humans to conserve nature? Is it to put it on display for entertainment despite the fact that this undeniably harms the animals? Sadly, that's one of the more effective... continue reading

posted by newtboy 5 years 3 weeks ago • 467 views

YouTube description: You are probably aware of the fact that elephants make trumpeting noises - but did you know that most of their communication is so low pitched that humans can’t even hear it? ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 weeks ago • 489 views • 6:05

Gleba

posted by newtboy 5 years 1 month ago • 471 views • 3:39

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 5 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 117 views • 14:25

True Facts: Leafhoppers and Friends

posted by BSR 5 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 404 views • 5:35

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

posted by BSR 5 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 911 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 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 1,355 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 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 168 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 5 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 1,059 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 5 years 8 months 1 week ago • 914 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) 6 years 1 month ago • 498 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 6 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 968 views • 6:01

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

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 6 months 1 week ago • 1,239 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) 6 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,324 views • 4:27

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

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 1,016 views • 4:58

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

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 8 months ago • 1,656 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 6 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 408 views • 7:08