Imagine pole-vaulting across dangerous terrain, down steep slopes and ravines. "Salto del pastor"—translated from Spanish as "the shepherd's leap"—is just that. Now a folk sport and hobby, it was once... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 751 views • 3:53

YouTube description: About 25 generations of one family have made roasted rice cakes at Ichimonjiya Wasuke in Kyoto, Japan. Worshippers praying for good health at the Shinto shrine next door eat them... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 2 weeks ago • 160 views • 8:01

Beau talks about an old video and hows close America has come to fascism.

posted by w1ndex 3 years 4 months 1 week ago • 127 views • 3:32

"Take a look inside a hive as a wasp queen begins her reign; founding a colony, hunting to feed her brood and defending against intruders. As the sun rises, something royal stirs inside a pile of firewood.... continue reading

posted by ant 3 years 8 months ago • 16 views • 5:23

https://www.iter.org/ In southern France, 35 nations* are collaborating to build the world's largest tokamak, a magnetic fusion device that has been designed to prove the feasibility of fusion as a... continue reading

posted by eric3579 3 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 930 views • 7:59

Republicans against Trump always leave me hopeful Now with Mattis- https://youtu.be/oYa8mEr3sJA

posted by newtboy 3 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 24 views • 1:01

The stereotypical modern playground — with its bright colors and rubberized flooring — is designed to be clean, safe, and lawsuit-proof. But that isn't necessarily the best design for kids. US playground... continue reading

posted by BSR 3 years 11 months 1 week ago • 112 views • 5:44

From Youtube, "Well... this took longer than expected. I am sorry you had to wait so long for me to finish this video, I had some reading to do, then write the video, record the audio, and then the... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 3 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 19 views • 1:09:23

YouTube description: 50 Years Ago Apollo 13 was preparing to launch on a mission that would become famous for the wrong reasons, 56 Hours into the mission an oxygen tank would explode, blowing the side... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 2 weeks ago • 29 views • 12:18

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 4 years 3 weeks ago • 347 views • 13:56

The Ondophone - the dream of a sound that never was... At least for now, there might be a future where the Ondophone will come to real life. In this weeks episode we are taking a closer look at the first... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 41 views • 17:11

"Everyone has their favorite classic Sesame Street animated segment from the last 50 years! Now, in this hour long compilation, they're all in one place! Watch live with us and share your favorite Sesame... continue reading

posted by ant 4 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 20 views • 1:00:10

YouTube description: Hi :) I’m a student in Network & Systems Engineering (Robots, networks and programming and stuff) and I built a dinosaur in my spare time. I got the idea in my head, thought... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,278 views • 2:37

YouTube description: As a quadriplegic, Álvaro Silberstein spent years believing he would never be able to visit Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park. Then, he discovered a wheelchair designed... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 8 months 1 week ago • 181 views • 2:57

YouTube description: We owe so much to diatoms! They help us make beer, paint, and kitty litter, and they're responsible for some of the air you're breathing right now!... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 834 views • 7:44

YouTube description: I got to see an Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) up close and personal at the Monterey Bay Aquarium recently and I fell in love. These things are the superlative of superlatives. They... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 1,838 views • 3:58

“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) 4 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 168 views • 20:41

US China Trade War: This is a War of Values’—Curtis Ellis Curtis Ellis, who was special advisor to the Secretary of Labor in the Trump-Pence administration, and is now a Senior Policy Advisor... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 4 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 25 views • 38:22

The frozen continent of Antarctica contains the vast majority of all freshwater on Earth. Now that ice is melting at an accelerating rate, in part because of climate change. What does this transformation... continue reading

posted by newtboy 5 years 1 week ago • 36 views • 10:16