A classic NOVA episode about attempting to build a Roman tepidarium, or hot baths, in Turkey. Narrated by Stacey Keach.
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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 1 year 11 months 2 weeks ago • 354 views • 11:59What If you took the celestial bodies that have elements names for them (Mercury, Ceres, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto), and made them entirely composed of those elements? Minute physics animates and presents... continue reading
posted by noims 2 years 1 week ago • 29 views • 3:41"How can it be summer in North America and winter in Australia at the same time?! ..."
posted by ant 2 years 1 month 1 week ago • 51 views • 5:39From 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 2 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 360 views • 11:44From Youtube, "Hydroponic peppers and spider mites make for an exciting combo! "
posted by w1ndex 3 years 7 months 1 week ago • 145 views • 17:11These are pretty nifty.
posted by w1ndex 3 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 42 views • 18:25For anyone who doesn't want to watch to the whole thing, a useful thing I learned from the video: sour cream seems to be a poor choice.
posted by moonsammy 3 years 12 months ago • 67 views • 29:35Red 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 2 months ago • 985 views • 2:32Mini Bike Mayhem! Taco Mini Bikes Custom HOT ROD Bike! HOT ROD Unlimited Ep. 46
posted by bobknight33 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 125 views • 8:02YouTube description: Kerosene Creek is a natural hot spring near Rotorua, on the North Island of New Zealand. And there have been official warnings for years: don't put your head under water. It turns... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 423 views • 3:42YouTube description: Built from the discarded fuel tanks of WWII fighter planes, "belly tankers" are miniature speed demons and a major part of hot rod culture. For more, check out: https://www.petersen.org/1952-... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months ago • 623 views • 3:48When it's too hot you gotta refresh!!
posted by bjornenlinda 6 years 2 weeks ago • 750 views • 3:24"... When nutrients from the ocean depths reach the sunlit surface (like in the Galapagos), life is more productive..."
posted by ant 6 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 54 views • 2:56YouTube 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 4 months 2 weeks ago • 1,324 views • 4:27At 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 6 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 408 views • 7:08The repeal of Net Neutrality is a hot topic in America, but it can be very difficult to understand. That’s why the BURGER KING® brand created WHOPPER® Neutrality, a social experiment that explains... continue reading
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