YouTube description: As a little girl, Basma Hameed suffered a painful accident that left half of her face obscured by third-degree burns. She endured hundreds of surgeries and laser treatments to repair... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 month 1 week ago • 477 views • 3:32

YouTube 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) 6 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 451 views • 3:30

YouTube description: We go hands-on with The Looking Glass, the new display from a company that's been experimenting with various forms of volumetric and lightfield imaging in pursuit of real-world... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 639 views • 13:07

Interesting breakdown by Rick Beato of The Hand That Feeds by Nine Inch Nails .

posted by w1ndex 6 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 170 views • 10:45

YouTube description: A metal alloy spoon melts in tea. Featuring Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff and Senior Technician Neil Barnes. Why not use Gallium? Well - besides the fact it's not what we... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 10 months ago • 1,324 views • 4:27

YouTube description: The Galton Board is a 7.5” by 4.5” desktop probability machine. This device brings to life the statistical concept of normal distribution. As you rotate the Galton Board... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 10 months 1 week ago • 810 views • 3:23

On the morning of July 7, 1944, Captain Ben L. Salomon of the U.S. Army’s 105th Infantry, commissioned as a dentist, single-handedly held off a fierce attack of an overwhelming force of Japanese soldiers... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 44 views • 6:24

"... Ever since Macauley Culkin smashed his hands against his face and screamed, audiences have loved the film HOME ALONE. It has become a Christmas classic; played along side other holiday pictures that... continue reading

posted by ant 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 25 views • 14:01

I built a natural draft furnace to test ideas about how hot a furnace could get without the use of bellows. Natural draft is the flow of air through a furnace due to rising hot air. The hot gasses in the... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 454 views • 5:46

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

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 923 views • 4:46

This guy wanted to learn how to make nixie Tues and now is quite good at it. Every step is noted.

posted by bobknight33 7 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 684 views • 37:50

My dad smoked and drank. He worked in a high stress job. He died at age 49 from stomach issues. YouTube: In 1984, Dr. Barry Marshall had a theory about ulcers that he couldn't convince the science community... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 86 views • 4:17

YouTube description: In the high-altitude city of La Paz, Bolivia, rates of heart problems dwarf those of cities at sea level. But an unexpected partnership between medicine and art is helping address... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 69 views • 3:08

YouTube: You might be susceptible to “tickle attacks,” but have you ever wondered why you can’t tickle yourself?

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 55 views • 2:41

It was just a routine workers’ compensation fraud case for Ken Sheppard. Show up for a spot check, do some surveillance of the subject and keep it pushing. But on March 3, 2014, it was anything but routine... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,157 views • 5:01

Prisons are a very dangerous place. And since prisoners have a lot of free time they come up with different ways to hurt their cellmates or parole officers. The weapons we are gonna show you in this video... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 183 views • 4:50

Via YouTube: All aboard for exciting adventures with Wooden 3D puzzles from Ugears. Self-propelled mechanical toys are the real mechanics in action! It is absolutely fascinating to see the true mechanical... continue reading

posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 297 views • 1:03

YouTube description: Originally built by the Incas, the manmade salt pans in Maras, Peru, have endured for over 500 years. Beneath the Qaqawiñay mountains runs a salty fresh spring, which empties into... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 3 weeks ago • 1,536 views • 1:20

The 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 8 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 37 views • 4:00

You owe me $20.

posted by nock 8 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 375 views • 1:04