YouTube description: Google Earth is the most photorealistic, digital version of our planet. But how?! Where do the images come from? How are they they put together? And how often are they updated?... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 678 views • 8:09Videos (85) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
YouTube: I came across these four physics puzzles over the years in discussions with Neil deGrasse Tyson (riddle 4: which part(s) of a moving train are going backwards with respect to the ground?), Simon... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,232 views • 4:24YouTube description: Meet Professor Jamie Seymour, he milks stuff. But nothing that moos, has hooves, wool or fur. He prefers to live life on the edge, milking the venom from the most venomous animals... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 176 views • 4:26Hot and cold water sound different when you pour them. When Steve pitched this to me, I didn't believe it, and then he sent me a couple of sound files, at which point I knew this was going to be the first... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 496 views • 2:38In this video I build a garden to grow Cassava and yams, two staple food crops. Cassava is a shrub that develops large edible roots. Yams are a climbing vine that produce large, edible underground bulbs... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 3 months ago • 99 views • 6:27... how about you? YouTube: Star Trek has been beaming its way into fans' hearts for over 50 years, reinventing itself time and time again. Most fans think they know everything there is to know about... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 937 views • 12:27YouTube description: One woman's face is all over New York, although you've probably never heard of her. This was written with Amor Sciendi: go check it out! https://www.youtube.com/user/AmorSciendi ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 157 views • 2:36YouTube: There's a lot about sleep that we don't understand, like why we even sleep in the first place, for example. Here are some amazing discoveries biologists have made while trying to solve the mystery... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 151 views • 10:35YouTube description: Colorado is known for its beautiful Rocky Mountains, but with mountains come snow and with snow come avalanches. Breckenridge Resort has a group of 6 dogs and handlers trained specifically... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 189 views • 2:42The killer punch of the mantis shrimp is the fastest strike in the animal kingdom, a skill that goes hand in hand with its extraordinary eyesight. They can see an invisible level of reality using polarized... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 36 views • 4:00YouTube description: It’s probably the most well known peacetime battle between the USA and the Soviet Union, in both technological and ideological terms of the 20th century. Although the USA won... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 812 views • 14:23https://youtu.be/7uL8eCpSt24 This month I've been learning a new instrument. I can already play guitar and piano so I decided to learn something new with the Bamboo Saxophone and cover the jazz piece... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 24 views • 7:12I made a rough type of textile from bark fibre. This is the same tree I use for making cordage though I don’t know its name. It has been raining a lot here lately (the video also shows how well the hut... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 8 years 4 weeks ago • 639 views • 4:48YouTube: Disenchanted with the out-of-date curriculum of traditional college, Jeremy Rossmann dropped out of MIT. Within a few years, he and co-founder Ashu Desai, started The Make School, a college replacement... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 493 views • 4:02Did all that at 14. Very interesting, reminds me of Tesla.
posted by BoneRemake 1 decade 3 months 1 week ago • 251 views • 9:59YouTube Description: music by: http://www.youtube.com/JakeChudnow Top 1000 US first names over time INTERACTIVE: http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager surname geographical distribution INTERACTIVE:... continue reading
posted by Janine V. (Lilithia) 1 decade 7 months 1 week ago • 767 views • 7:54With no special skill or expertise, Greg Packer has been quoted by media outlets nearly a thousand times. Since his name first appeared on newsprint, in 1995, he’s spoken to reporters on subjects ranging... continue reading
posted by randeepsamra 1 decade 8 months 4 weeks ago • 286 views • 5:21From 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 2 weeks ago • 55 views • 6:00Please excuse any mistakes in the translation. Neither of the languages is my native one. :) "In China you don't have letters when writing. Instead you use characters, and each character is a word.... continue reading
posted by WaterDweller 1 decade 10 months 3 weeks ago • 173 views • 2:00YouTube Description: Forget turducken... I'm stuffing my turkey with two ducks, stuffed with four hens, stuffed with eight quail eggs. Honestly, I do not recommend trying this yourself.So what's your... continue reading
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