The magnificent Azorella compacta may look odd as hell, but this matter Seussian "rug" form is actually quite common among Alpine plants - plants from very high elevations or very high latitudes. It is... continue reading
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Does your dog like toys? What do you think she imagines when thinking of her favorite toy? In this new study, published in the Journal of Animal Cognition, we examine how typical family dogs and dogs... continue reading
posted by BSR 1 year 10 months 3 weeks ago • 116 views • 2:27It's hard to know if she actually had a coherent point to make here--it sure didn't look like it. At the least, she was poorly served by her staff, which didn't educate her, didn't program her questions,... continue reading
posted by SFOGuy 2 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 1,835 views • 2:12Red sprites, secondary jets and newly discovered green afterglow called "ghosts" triggered by red sprites. A dozen vibrant red sprites were recorded on this evening and only two events had the green afterglow.... continue reading
posted by newtboy 3 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 985 views • 2:32NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft has discovered “layers” and “rifts” in the electrically charged part of the upper atmosphere (the ionosphere) of Mars. The phenomenon... continue reading
posted by eric3579 4 years 3 months ago • 341 views • 2:19Scientists from UVM and Tufts repurposed living cells scraped from frog embryos and assembled them into entirely new life-forms. More: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1zVG8wptOOI https://youtu.be/XLI7VtjgOyk ... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 171 views • 57 secsYT: Bill describes how the minimization of surface area and inertia compete to form droplets. He then shows how engineers use this knowledge to create precisely-sized droplets in a commercial inkjet printer... continue reading
posted by Fantomas 4 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 732 views • 5:52Both beautiful and terrifying, this is a quick look at fungi, with a focus on their reproduction. It goes beyond terrifying if you happen to be an @ant, or similar cordyceps-susceptible life form.
posted by noims 5 years 2 weeks ago • 368 views • 4:44TOLKIEN explores the formative years of the orphaned author as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school. This takes him into the outbreak of World War... continue reading
posted by newtboy 5 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 18 views • 56 secsYouTube description: At 15 years old, Tan Wei Tian already has a prolific 12 year opera career behind her. By day, she’s your average high school student, balancing schoolwork and friends; by night,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months 1 week ago • 296 views • 2:41YouTube description: Meet Z6, the portable and foldable robot for use in professional environments. With a very compact form factor, this robot can be easily and quickly carried in a backpack to... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months ago • 307 views • 1:21YouTube description: I didn't get much sleep the last two days, but it works! I'm going to keep working away on this project but in a different form factor. (H/T @eric3579)... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 312 views • 12:14YouTube description: From the dynamic Choy Li Fut martial art—made world famous by Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee—to the stunning dragon dance, Pun Keng Man takes great pride in building community through... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 259 views • 3:18YouTube 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) 5 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 498 views • 6:19YouTube description: Hi there! I'm (finally!) back with a new video explaining what is swing, a form of popular music developed in the United States that dominated in the 1930s and 1940s. The amazing... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months 1 week ago • 464 views • 2:01"Most firefly flashes are pure romance, a sexy form of skywriting. But one variety copies the mating signals of others to lure them to their demise..."
posted by ant 5 years 7 months ago • 20 views • 3:33YouTube description: Canned fish has been around for over a century and has been enjoyed around world. Still, no one loves their fish more than Portugal, where old traditions of fishing, canning and... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 449 views • 3:30YouTube description: While steel reinforcement solves one of concrete’s greatest limitations, it creates an entirely new problem: Corrosion of embedded steel rebar is the most common form of concrete... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 251 views • 7:49YouTube description: Kakigori is a traditional Japanese shaved ice dessert dating back to the late 1800s. Originally meant for Japan’s elite, today it’s become a summer staple for everyone. Some,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 163 views • 2:48We talked to the co-founder of Tesla, JB Straubel, about why giant batteries are crucial to the future of power grids everywhere. Batteries are becoming more useful at powering bigger things like bikes,... continue reading
posted by b4rringt0n 5 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 498 views • 6:15