YouTube description: Remember the childhood hours of fun spent blasting your friends with neon-tinged water cannons? You can thank a NASA scientist for that. In 1982, Lonnie Johnson designed the Super... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 504 views • 2:31

Myth or no, it's MY favorite meal of the day! YouTube: Lately, I've become a target for people who like to tell me that "I'm doing nutrition" wrong. Evidently, some people don't agree with my plea,... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 666 views • 6:12

Depression is the leading cause of disability in the world; in the United States, close to ten percent of adults struggle with the disease. But because it’s a mental illness, it can be a lot harder to... continue reading

posted by cricket 8 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 464 views • 4:29

I could use a salary to talk about. YouTube: In Adam Ruins Everything, host Adam Conover employs a combination of comedy, history and science to dispel widespread misconceptions about everything we... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 1 month ago • 937 views • 4:13

YouTube Description: Jellyfish don’t have a heart, or blood, or even a brain. They’ve survived five mass extinctions. And you can find them in every ocean, from pole to pole. What’s their secret?... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 2 months ago • 170 views • 2:56

From YT: On a dry lakebed in Nevada, a group of friends build the first scale model of the solar system with complete planetary orbits: a true illustration of our place in the universe.

posted by RFlagg 9 years 3 months ago • 2,598 views • 7:07

Cultivate random acquaintances.

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 369 views • 9:23

So ... you can't be a cat lover and love dogs too?

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 242 views • 3:06

OOOHHHHH MUUUHHHH GAWD. Either I shit too much or not enough, there is no balance with Crohns disease. Thinking a garden hose up the ass and turning the valve would be a good remedy. Why not... continue reading

posted by BoneRemake 1 decade 1 month ago • 665 views • 57 secs

One more example of why you should not answer questions posed by cops...anything you say WILL be used against you (even if they have to lie about what you said, or what they heard, or what they thought... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 decade 2 months 1 week ago • 1,858 views • 2:08

Dazzle your friends with nerdy knowledge this Fourth of July.

posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 1 decade 5 months 3 weeks ago • 171 views • 6:32

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 1 decade 6 months 4 weeks ago • 255 views • 43:41

A good friend of mine, who works for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research analyzing fecal matter, was telling me about this the other day. TMI?

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 8 months 3 weeks ago • 340 views • 3:15

Via Open Culture: Not long ago we posted the only known recording of Sigmund Freud’s voice. Today we present rare home movies of the founder of modern psychology, captured during the last decade of his life. ... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 1 year 3 weeks ago • 133 views • 2:03

Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 1 year 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,317 views • 14:29

FROM YOUTUBE: Published on Sep 10, 2013 Pascal's Wager is the argument that states that you should believe in God even if there is a strong chance that he might not be real, because the penalty... continue reading

posted by Buck 1 decade 1 year 3 months 1 week ago • 660 views • 6:59

"Watch Barry Cooper, a former police officer in Texas focusing on narcotics interdiction for eight years, teach you exactly what you need to know to stay out of jail. With over 800 felony and misdemeanor... continue reading

posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 1 decade 1 year 5 months 3 weeks ago • 1,569 views • 1:30:46

Happy October, Month of the Hexaflexagon! Oct. 21st is the annual Celebration of Mind, in honor of Martin Gardner. Maybe you'd like to host or attend a flexagon party sometime around then, or learn about... continue reading

posted by eric3579 1 decade 2 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 2,201 views • 4:45