Fascinating stuff about how and why a plant becomes a meat eater

posted by eric3579 3 months 3 weeks ago • 56 views • 16:11

MBARI sustained our commitment to ocean exploration and discovery in 2021. The year brought more challenges, but exploring our big, blue backyard always inspires awe and wonder—and curiosity about the... continue reading

posted by newtboy 5 months ago • 351 views • 3:16

The story behind the most fascinating, hilarious and dramatic quests to find a mate and leave a lasting legacy. Some species need to overcome the challenges of a vast environment just to find a member... continue reading

posted by newtboy 6 months 3 weeks ago • 4 views • 3:18

From Youtube, "Bowling has been reinvented many times over the past seven thousand years but especially in the last 30. This is the fascinating physics of balls, oil, lane and pins. Huge thanks to... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 8 months ago • 471 views • 28:01

Jellyfish have long been the subjects of human fascination since the beginning of sea exploration: with today's ROVs, previously unseen jellies have now been observed. These are five of the most fascinating... continue reading

posted by newtboy 9 months 4 weeks ago • 353 views • 11:29

From Youtube, "Torsional eye movement, known as cycloversion and cyclovergence have a fascinating evolutionary history via our evolutionary ancestors that had eyes on the sides of their heads. Your eyes... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 year 7 months 3 weeks ago • 49 views • 12:51

From Youtube, "A brief overview of this ingenious method of compressing air using only the power of water. The way a trompe harnesses the power of water to generate compressed air with no moving parts... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 2 years 4 months 1 week ago • 1,211 views • 8:50

Using foundational computer science theories, Colin Morris focuses on understanding trends in popular music. Borrowing from the areas of bioinformatics and compression algorithms, he shows that the lyrics... continue reading

posted by notarobot 3 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 132 views • 14:23

Filmmaker Jan van IJken's Becoming reveals the fascinating genesis of animal life. A single cell is transformed into a complete, complex living organism with a beating heart and running bloodstream. Observe... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 494 views • 6:43

YouTube description: After being diagnosed with a rare, potentially fatal brain condition known as Moyamoya, Jennifer Lee was forced to face her own mortality and consider the things in life she held... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 587 views • 10:01

YouTube description: In 1958, scientists from Russia left a plastic bust of Vladimir Lenin at the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility, and as of 2007 it was still there. What does it mean? Guest host John... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 96 views • 8:10

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) 3 years 6 months 1 week ago • 495 views • 6:19

"Elevator. It’s a fascination and a fear for many. Countless action movies and TV shows feature stuck elevators, fights in elevators, and, of course falling elevators. How many times when an elevator... continue reading

posted by ant 3 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 214 views • 7:36

Dialect coach Erik Singer once again analyzes the accents of some of Hollywood's biggest names. How accurate were their accents, really? I find this stuff fascinating.

posted by ChaosEngine 3 years 8 months 1 week ago • 145 views • 24:22

Via YouTube: All aboard for exciting adventures with Wooden 3D puzzles from Ugears. Self-propelled mechanical toys are the real mechanics in action! It is absolutely fascinating to see the true mechanical... continue reading

posted by Gratefulmom 5 years 2 months ago • 295 views • 1:03

a 1950's educational film titled "how honest are you?". i don't know why but these old films fascinate me,because the indoctrination was so blatant back then.they didn't even try to hide it.

posted by enoch 5 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 11 views • 14:03

YouTube description: Get your free one month trial with The Great Courses Plus: http://ow.ly/cH94303M6Gt This month I was visiting my parents living in Dubai and I took the chance to make a video... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months ago • 510 views • 7:38

Using a toy Mustang, a trailer with weights attached, and a conveyer belt. This shows why you should always ensure your trailer is weighted towards the front, unless you have a giant hand available to catch you. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 2,538 views • 27 secs

YouTube description: Greenford, Middlesex. An item about the manufacture of wallpaper. C/U on stuffed birds. C/U of an artist painting the birds in a design. Various shots of artists designing... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 9 months ago • 446 views • 2:52