There is a mysterious cold blob in the North Atlantic that could be a warning sign that the largest heat transfer system on the planet, the AMOC, is on the brink of collapse. But it turns out that the... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 months 4 weeks ago • 67 views • 13:24

Even cops hate cops When 2 out of control egos clash, it gets heated fast

posted by newtboy 1 year 9 months 4 weeks ago • 128 views • 55 secs

From YouTube, "The Earth is a gigantic ball of semi-molten rock, with a heart of iron as hot as the surface of the Sun. Titanic amounts of heat left over from its birth and the radioactive decay of trillions... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 2 years 6 months ago • 354 views • 11:59

From YouTube, "A CSB safety video about the September 21, 2020, hot work incident at the Evergreen Packaging Paper Mill in Canton, North Carolina. A fire erupted in a confined space when a heat gun fell... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 3 years 1 week ago • 360 views • 11:44

Metals have a crystal structure. But they're not one big crystal, they're lots of small crystals called grains. The size of the grains affects the physical properties of the metal, like hardness, toughness,... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 6 months ago • 135 views • 8:45

The scorching temperatures destroyed a major portion of the cherry crop in the Columbia Gorge and beyond just as it was ready for harvest. Many other crops are seeing similar failures across the West... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 9 months 1 week ago • 144 views • 2:46

The multiverse hypothesis or theory holds that a group of multiple universes (possibly infinite universes) comprise everything that exists: The entirety of space, time, matter, energy, information, and... continue reading

posted by BSR 3 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 143 views • 10:03

These are pretty nifty.

posted by w1ndex 4 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 42 views • 18:25

NightHawkInLight attempts to recreate a lost supermaterial called Starlite that supposedly died with its inventor.

posted by w1ndex 4 years 8 months 1 week ago • 72 views • 21:15

https://www.iter.org/ In southern France, 35 nations* are collaborating to build the world's largest tokamak, a magnetic fusion device that has been designed to prove the feasibility of fusion as a... continue reading

posted by eric3579 4 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 931 views • 7:59

Red sprites, secondary jets and newly discovered green afterglow called "ghosts" triggered by red sprites. A dozen vibrant red sprites were recorded on this evening and only two events had the green afterglow.... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 985 views • 2:32

YouTube description: A bisected grape in the microwave makes plasma. But how does it work? A grape is the right size and refractive index to trap microwaves inside it. When you place two (or two halves)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 732 views • 8:16

At the old hut site (the new one being temporarily cut off by flooding) I made lime mortar from the shells of rainforest snails by firing them in a kiln, slaking them in water, mixing them into lime putty.... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 408 views • 7:08

I made a brick mold that makes bricks 25 x 12.5 x 7.5 cm from wood. A log was split and mortise and tenon joints were carved using a stone chisel and sharp rocks. The mold was lashed together with cane... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 1,025 views • 10:47