Understanding NXIVM, the alleged sex cult led by Keith Raniere and whose members included Smallville actress Allison Mack. Josh Bloch discusses the group's rise and fall.
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"It’s more than just dancing around. ... If you’ve ever seen an orchestra perform you’ve probably had a difficult time looking away from the person dead center on the stage – the conductor. It’s... continue reading
posted by ant 5 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 16 views • 4:42Why is the NRA -- a group that represents the interests of gun manufacturers -- taken seriously in debates about reducing gun violence? Source: VOX
posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 1 month 1 week ago • 1,061 views • 8:55YouTube description: Researchers out of the Camera Culture Group at the MIT Media Lab have developed a novel imaging system that can gauge the distance of objects shrouded by fog so thick that human... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 month 1 week ago • 1,189 views • 2:59YT - Primitive Culture Published on Jan 18, 2018 My Video Show about Make the Kind of fish trap in the shape of a basket with a hole at the small end. the wide end is dropped over a school of fish to... continue reading
posted by Buck 6 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 332 views • 10:58YouTube description: This video is about Simpson's paradox, a statistical paradox and ecological fallacy where seemingly contradictory results are implied by a single set of data depending on how it's... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months ago • 1,980 views • 4:40"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 6 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 219 views • 5:28YouTube description: There’s an invisible line between two groups of islands in the Indian Ocean with two totally different animal populations. It took three branches of science to figure out why it exists. ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 574 views • 4:53YouTube description: With a population of over 18 million people, Mumbai is one of the world’s largest megalopolises. To put it mildly, the city can be unpredictable. But amid the chaos, Mumbai has... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 660 views • 2:48YouTube description: It was fall of 1918. The Allied military’s tactical movements were jeopardized by the German military’s superior espionage capabilities. Not only were the Germans tapping Allied... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 188 views • 1:58YouTube: Collective nouns are a great way to have fun with language and nature.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 864 views • 1:59YouTube 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 ago • 189 views • 2:42There are a group of parasites extremely disgusting and mean. Humanity declared war on them.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months ago • 575 views • 5:43The 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 5 months 2 weeks ago • 36 views • 4:00Via YouTube: A new study led by the U.K.’s Queen Mary University has found that even relatively simple animals like bumblebees can teach other how to perform somewhat complex tasks such as pulling a... continue reading
posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 6 months 1 week ago • 595 views • 1:11YouTube 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 8 months 2 weeks ago • 811 views • 14:23YouTube: In 2013, astronomers reported that they’d found what was, at the time, the biggest thing in the known universe
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 21 views • 4:22Key & Peele's Keegan-Michael Key gives us a glimpse of the group dynamics in an improv troupe. Source YouTube
posted by cricket 7 years 11 months ago • 625 views • 3:19YouTube description: This video is a mini-documentary about the Finnish Language. First I investigate the history of the Finnish language before dissecting some of its important features. Special... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 264 views • 9:57For years marine biologists have puzzled over what the mysterious vampire squid eats. Recent research by Henk-Jan Hoving and Bruce Robison at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute finally reveals... continue reading
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