Global Warming is taking a rare back seat in the news right now, as we deal with the more immediate existential crisis afflicting our civilisation and way of life. But as entire countries are getting shut... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 3 months 3 weeks ago • 344 views • 13:56

Hank explains in moderate detail why HBO's Chernobyl explanation of "control rods with graphite tips" is misleadingly simplistic. Learn about how the RBMK design of the Chernobyl reactor was stable,... continue reading

posted by fuzzyundies 2 years 4 weeks ago • 512 views • 13:30

I've always wondered what would happen if you lined up 10 megaphones in a row and yell into them, today I put that idea to the test!

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 3 months ago • 118 views • 7:13

YT "Bill shows the world's smallest atomic clock and then describes how the first one made in the 1950s worked. He describes in detail the use of cesium vapor to create a feedback or control loop to control... continue reading

posted by blackfox42 6 years 1 month ago • 543 views • 4:33

Neatorama: DIY fanatics like myself consider Adam Savage (of Mythbusters fame) to be one of the gods of DIY. The man can build really cool stuff out of a pile of random stuff, and his diverse skillset,... continue reading

posted by Zawash 7 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 255 views • 43:41