February 2017 saw one of the most serious dam-related engineering incidents in history with the failure of the service spillway at Oroville Dam. Whether they realized it or not, the people living and working... continue reading

posted by eric3579 2 hours 9 minutes ago • 2 views • 18:27

For over a century, one of the most important salmon runs in the U.S. has had to contend with historic dams in Oregon and California. These dams have been responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 weeks 4 days ago • 110 views • 3:07

When disaster strikes, the flurry of political positioning and fingerpointing can make it difficult to understand what really happened. This video provides a summary of the facts of the 2021 Texas winter storm. ... continue reading

posted by eric3579 1 month 3 weeks ago • 159 views • 16:48

Professors John Kemeny and Tom Kurtz along with a band of Dartmouth undergraduates invent the Basic computer language.

posted by bobknight33 1 month 4 weeks ago • 9 views • 38:13

S&H Green Stamps was one of the first customer reward programs handed out by various retailers. They were collected with great excitement by American families from the 1930s through the 1980s.

posted by bobknight33 2 months ago • 24 views • 8:07

We're in a communist revolution here in the USA - and 95% of the public are completely in the dark. The mainstream media will never call out communists - no matter how blatant they are. That's why our... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 4 months 3 weeks ago • 31 views • 27:31

From Youtube, "Torsional eye movement, known as cycloversion and cyclovergence have a fascinating evolutionary history via our evolutionary ancestors that had eyes on the sides of their heads. Your eyes... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 7 months 2 weeks ago • 45 views • 12:51

A drunk history short.

posted by newtboy 7 months 4 weeks ago • 329 views • 3:33

For the first time in it's 175 year history Scientific American has endorsed a presidential candidate, Joe Biden. They recognize the importance of basing our actions on fact and science, and the disasters... continue reading

posted by newtboy 8 months ago • 358 views • 3:42

Trump must be stopped and his history of racism and current racist policies must be exposed. It's time to vote out racism!

posted by newtboy 9 months 1 week ago • 280 views • 2:01

The historian Allan Lichtman was the lonely forecaster who predicted Mr. Trump’s victory in 2016 — and also prophesied the president would be impeached. That’s two for two. But Professor Lichtman’s... continue reading

posted by mxxcon 9 months 2 weeks ago • 12 views • 7:14

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

posted by w1ndex 9 months 2 weeks ago • 63 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 9 months 2 weeks ago • 893 views • 7:59

YouTube description: Artists have abandoned artworks for many reasons throughout history. Guest host John Green shares some of his favorite unfinished artworks and explains why they resonate with him... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 10 months 3 weeks ago • 387 views • 9:42