The endless expanse of the ocean’s midnight zone offers plenty of room to stretch out. Here, some animals can grow to great lengths. Siphonophores are gelatinous animals composed of specialized parts... continue reading
posted by newtboy 2 months ago • 128 views • 3:36Videos (201) | Sift Talk (1) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
Pareidolia is the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern (Merriam-Webster) This one minute film uses pareidolia as a tool to convey the importance... continue reading
posted by newtboy 2 months 1 week ago • 231 views • 1:01In this video Jonathan from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses sperm production, storage, as well as a common question he gets from students: What happens to sperm cells if they are not not released? ... continue reading
posted by BSR 5 months ago • 94 views • 10:30Few of the monsters that evolution created have been so successful at hurting us as the variola virus, responsible for smallpox. The carnage it caused was so terrible and merciless that it compelled humankind,... continue reading
posted by eric3579 9 months 2 weeks ago • 143 views • 11:092023 Florida is home to about 800,000 undocumented immigrants, and many work in the kinds of businesses that would be impacted by the law, known as SB 1718. Many of those affected are also members of mixed-status... continue reading
posted by newtboy 11 months 1 week ago • 98 views • 7:32*Not for those with weak constitutions* In this video, Jonathan from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses the anatomy of the lungs, and how vaping can affect it.
posted by BSR 1 year 2 months 1 week ago • 431 views • 14:48Sam Harris speaks with Matt Ridley and Alina Chan about the origins of the COVID pandemic. They discuss the evidence of a lab leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, media and academic censorship of... continue reading
posted by eric3579 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago • 273 views • 58:27"Slim Goodbody shows teaches kids about the amazingly powerful human heart and the system of circulation. We take a trip back in history to see Dr. William Harvey and we see what an actual heart looks like."
posted by ant 1 year 4 months 2 weeks ago • 2 views • 13:35"Discover how alcohol impacts your body’s processes and causes hangovers, and find out what causes the most common hangover symptoms. The molecule responsible for hangovers is ethanol, which we colloquially... continue reading
posted by ant 1 year 4 months 2 weeks ago • 4 views • 4:52The Scientist's Warning is a film about the journey one scientist takes after one of his research papers sparks a global movement to address the challenges facing our planet. Both scientists and citizens... continue reading
posted by newtboy 1 year 5 months 3 weeks ago • 120 views • 35:36From 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 7 months ago • 354 views • 11:59Scientists Discover Superworm Eats Plastic | Zophobas Morio 243,647 views Jun 26, 2022 Australian scientists have found the Zophobas morio - commonly known as the Superworm - can survive eating only... continue reading
posted by Oxen_Morale 1 year 9 months ago • 195 views • 10:13Look around you. Where are you? Where is this place you are occupying? Somewhere in a room, maybe in a city on a continent on a planet orbiting a star in a galaxy among billions. But… where is all of... continue reading
posted by eric3579 2 years ago • 225 views • 9:55When humans first populated North America and how they arrived has long been a matter of spirited debate. A recent study detailing what archeologists believe are the oldest known footprints in the United... continue reading
posted by newtboy 2 years 1 month 1 week ago • 197 views • 6:26From YouTube, "Our home is burning. Rapid climate change is destabilizing our world. It seems our emissions will not fall quickly enough to avoid runaway warming and we may soon hit tipping points that... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 2 years 1 month 1 week ago • 145 views • 16:11Artemis 1: Which will consist of an uncrewed flight test of the Space Launch System (SLS) and the Orion spacecraft around the Moon, where the next generation of spacecraft that will take humans to the... continue reading
posted by BSR 2 years 1 month 1 week ago • 59 views • 12:48the takeaways from this video...when it was posted; the slogan 'x matters'; a simple healthcare measure still unavailable for many and how control of a women's life, or the most humane way to prevent abortions,... continue reading
posted by luxintenebris 2 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 126 views • 2:53