YouTube 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 • 14:23Videos (61) | Sift Talk (1) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
Why can we find geometric shapes in the night sky? How can we know that at least two people in London have exactly the same number of hairs on their head? And why can patterns be found in just about any... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 136 views • 4:36The Sweet Potato Council's own Head Honcho, 'You Got Him', is up on his tuber history by gum! YouTube: The reason "yams" and sweet potatoes taste the same to Americans is because they are the same.... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 5 months 1 week ago • 153 views • 2:10I am plagued with these daily. YouTube: Why do songs get stuck in our heads? And what can we do to get rid of them!?
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 686 views • 8:28Too bad there are so many who can't get their heads around the facts. YouTube: Bill Nye boils down the basic facts surrounding climate change, and why the rate at which our planet is changing is so important
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 738 views • 1:06As 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 • 3:44EIA, literally.
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 9 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 377 views • 4:23Derek Muller from Veritasium lifts a gyroscopic fly wheel above his head.
posted by nock 1 decade 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,170 views • 5:42(YT description via Vice) You might not know who Arjan Roskam is, but you've probably smoked his weed. Arjan's been breeding some of the most famous marijuana strains in the world—like White Widow,... continue reading
posted by Procrastinatron 1 decade 8 months 4 weeks ago • 595 views • 26:58http://videosift.com/video/Insane-woman-thinks-all-postal-workers-are-after-her Following the discussion which took place in the comment section of a video (linked above) posted by @pumkinandstorm,... continue reading
posted by Procrastinatron 1 decade 9 months ago • 923 views • 14:18He's faster of his own shadow!!
posted by bjornenlinda 1 decade 9 months 2 weeks ago • 2,576 views • 7:23YouTube Description: Matt Mira and Jonah Ray head out into LA to showcase some of their favorite local monuments to space, stopping to chat with luminaries such as Bill Nye...and Tom Lennon?
posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 1 year ago • 125 views • 5:57Wow ... unlike human males, there really IS a brain down there! YouTube Description: A male and female mantis are captured in the act of mating, during which the male loses his head! From Wildlife on... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 1 year 1 month ago • 304 views • 2:21Sign On with Gary. "How about a little head."
posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago • 152 views • 4:01What do people do while waiting for wine grapes to ferment? Enjoy a beer, of course. Charlie Bamforth, the head of Malting and Brewing Science at UC Davis, explains beer-making and reveals how to pick... continue reading
posted by braschlosan 1 decade 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago • 205 views • 5:06A number so epic it will collapse your brain into a black hole! Yet Tony Padilla and Matt Parker take the risk of discussing its magnitude. Watch with caution. See also our video about the Googol and... continue reading
posted by Kulpims T'dna (kulpims) 1 decade 1 year 11 months 3 weeks ago • 3,048 views • 9:16Part of their Easter series, the professor talks a bit about 6 dimensions and how the eggs helps model it... I will freely admit more of this one went over my head than usual.
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 3 years 2 weeks ago • 943 views • 6:11Sixty Symbols takes on the question of if electrons would move around the atom at absolute zero. The answer surprised me a bit, but makes sense and is sort of a slap yourself in the head and of course... continue reading
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 3 years 6 months ago • 4,670 views