YouTube description: This is how we go from single cells to people. EVO-DEVO Huxley B. Mac. Oh Carroll, Carroll Gould, Stephen Jay yeah D-D-D-D-Davidson and Peter See One cell divide and... continue reading
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"Protection from deportation and the chance to work have been life-changing for DACA recipients. But if Congress and the White House can’t agree on a bill to protect them within a six-month timeframe,... continue reading
posted by ant 7 years 2 weeks ago • 220 views • 5:28YouTube: We live in an era of self driving cars, autonomous drones, deep learning algorithms, computers that beat humans at chess and go, and so on. So it’s natural to ask, will artificial superintelligence... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 4 weeks ago • 297 views • 4:14YouTube: I have always thought that sex ed and statistics should be the same course. There's no better way to show how vital stats is to your every day life than to look at statistics. Probabilities... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 411 views • 3:56James May explains why trains can't go uphill very well (unless it's a cog railway of course :) )
posted by blackfox42 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 1,037 views • 5:04YouTube: Go see if Eons is for you: http://www.youtube.com/eons Other cool things about Trilobites People have been collecting them for at least tens of thousands of years, as they've been found in... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 2 months 4 weeks ago • 105 views • 3:39I've filmed a paternoster lift; I've filmed the strange Genoa elevator that sort-of goes sideways. So when I got an email from Thyssenkrupp, an elevator company, saying "come and see our Multi elevator... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 3 months ago • 1,308 views • 4:21Sometimes, it seems hard to go outside and face the day. But what would happen if you never saw sunlight?
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 30 views • 3:32The Krabby Patty is a thing of pop culture culinary legend - a burger, forged from a secret formula, worshipped by a sociopathically upbeat sponge. How do we go about recreating that which is not reacreate-able?... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 30 viewsThis French PSA is going viral. Fake car noise is blared at jaywalkers in a crosswalk, simulating a car screeching towards them at speed with it's brakes locked. The reactions are priceless, and caught... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 4 months ago • 1,452 views • 1:55Now I really want to go and make my own (small!) batch of seeded mustard. I have all the ingredients in my cupboard, too. YouTube description: Mustard has been around for ages, but today's chefs... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months 1 week ago • 45 views • 5:51Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon, the concert pianist, singer, civil rights activist, and international icon would go on to change culture itself with her peerless talent, fiery charisma, and unflinching political... continue reading
posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 153 views • 4:59The Magnus effect is an amazing phenomena: It can lift rotating objects up into the air, seemingly defeating gravity. Bruce Yeany brought out a cool video showing how to make flyers from paper cups... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 1 week ago • 583 views • 6:40YouTube: 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 5 months 2 weeks ago • 1,232 views • 4:24YouTube description: Should we double down or give up and go our separate ways? This video will probably not make everybody happy. Probably for completely opposite reasons. Some people want less... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 458 views • 7:42Splenda is a "zero-calorie sweetener", at least in the US. Or at least, that's what it says on the packet. With the help of some Benedict's Solution, and his chemistry teacher, Alex is going to do some... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 797 views • 4:18YouTube: Deep in the forests of New Guinea there is a rich variety of life, each more bizarre than the last. One such spectacle is the male Bird of Paradise who appears to go to extraordinary lengths to... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 6 months ago • 245 views • 3:24"If you use bricks as dominoes: you get a second wave going in the opposite direction..." From http://www.cannotunsee.net/post/158664325879/the-brick-double-domino-effect-explained-if-you ...
posted by ant 7 years 6 months ago • 613 views • 3:59In this video I am going to show you how to make "zero alcohol stove".
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months 1 week ago • 396 views • 4:51YouTube description: Osaka's Gate Tower Building is an amazing sight to see because ... well, how should I put this? A highway goes through the building. It literally does, and there is a story behind it. ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 1,611 views • 5:48