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 1 month ago • 1,157 views • 5:01

YouTube description: Meet Professor Jamie Seymour, he milks stuff. But nothing that moos, has hooves, wool or fur. He prefers to live life on the edge, milking the venom from the most venomous animals... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 176 views • 4:26

YouTube: Obamacare’s marketplaces were supposed to give consumers choices of health plans from insurers that compete to keep premiums down. But fewer insurers are participating, and premiums are increasing sharply. ... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 236 views • 7:05

YT: Victor Gruen is, according to history, the man who invented the shopping mall... but that wasn't quite what he was aiming for. And it seemed like an appropriate day to do a video about suburban sprawl.

posted by Fantomas 7 years 10 months 1 week ago • 575 views • 2:26

YouTube description: Bill reveals the stunning engineering underlying the design of a diaper. He describes the five layers of a diaper, including the superabsorbent polymer in the diaper's core. He... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 337 views • 6:34

From YT: Captain Disillusion teams up with Beakman of' Beakman's World' to examine some free energy claims on YouTube, in the most '90s way possible. [The honest to god Beakman... Beakman was sort... continue reading

posted by RFlagg 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 783 views • 12:07

Kablooey YouTube: Theoretical Physicist Brian Greene explains supernovas and demonstrates how a star like ours eventually dies. Oh, and he breaks a world record, too

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 695 views • 5:30

On this episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote receives the WORST animal bite of his life when he is accidentally bitten by the only venomous lizard in the United States, the Gila Monster! Known for having... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 2 weeks ago • 400 views • 5:38

YouTube description: There is extreme fishing and then is going to such extremes that you have a rod and a worm-like lure fused to your face. Quite frankly it's the type of commitment we admire. Meet... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 3 weeks ago • 271 views • 6:32

YouTube: In Egypt's sandy silence, all alone, Stands a gigantic Leg, which far off throws The only shadow that the Desert knows:— "I am great OZYMANDIAS," saith the stone, "The King of Kings; this... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 17 views • 12:03

YouTube: Disenchanted with the out-of-date curriculum of traditional college, Jeremy Rossmann dropped out of MIT. Within a few years, he and co-founder Ashu Desai, started The Make School, a college replacement... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 5 months ago • 493 views • 4:02

"Cool as a Cucumber" as David goes off to do the Public presentation in the Defense of his Math Thesis at Stanford University. When he finished, he walked out of that room with his Doctorate in Mathematics.... continue reading

posted by newtboy 8 years 5 months 1 week ago • 34 views • 2:27

"At the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut, Jonathan gets up close and personal with Beluga whales as he learns what its like to train and take care of these thousand pound marine mammals..." From http://www.reddit.com/r/... continue reading

posted by ant 8 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 33 views • 9:44

Warning****hard to watch badly poisoned dog, but he's saved and healthy in the end. In a very close brush with death, we rescued this very sweet dog who had most likely ingested rat poison containing... continue reading

posted by newtboy 8 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 435 views • 2:51

UAlberta: UAlberta research team uses MRI video to observe for the first time what happens inside joints when they crack. (Edmonton) “Pull my finger,” a phrase embraced by school-aged kids and embarrassing... continue reading

posted by Zawash 9 years 3 weeks ago • 408 views • 7 secs

Prepare to be as amazed and stupefied as I! YouTube: Byron Ferguson travels the world doing live exhibition. I should note, that Byron doesn't call himself the "Best" archer, or the "Most Amazing" archer... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 2 months 1 week ago • 702 views • 6:44

YouTube Description: In 1991, Cuba's economy began to implode. "The Special Period in the Time of Peace" was the government's euphemism for what was a culmination of 30 years worth of isolation. It... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 1,569 views • 8:30

As a psychologist and avid meditator (vipassana) for the past 7 years, myself, I'm excited to begin teaching a university course this semester which examines states of consciousness that transcend the... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 9 years 8 months ago • 744 views • 3:44

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 9 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 255 views • 43:41

YouTube Description: In which John Green teaches you about the United States as it was in the 1990s. You'll remember from last week that the old-school Republican George H.W. Bush had lost the 1992 presidential... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 3 months 2 weeks ago • 247 views • 15:38