The best technical description of what happened. Many small human errors combined to create the conditions for this tragic accident.
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In the event of a nuclear war, on top of all the damage from the bombs themselves, our world may enter what’s known as a nuclear winter. Could we survive it?
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 416 views • 3:33I built a prawn trap from lawyer cane, sticks and vine. Then I caught some prawns and ate them. Prawn (and fish) traps are simple traps designed to catch aquatic life due to their shape. It consists... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 258 views • 7:16YouTube: In the 1800s, Wilhelm Kühne created an image of a window from the eyes of a rabbit. Was this technology applicable to humans?
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 91 views • 4:27Last month I brought attention to a particularly nasty product currently promoted online to vulnerable people as a cancer cure. Black salve is a paste made from a mixture of Bloodroot extract and zinc... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 12 months ago • 330 views • 8:10Via YouTube: Any molecular biologist will tell you that genetic engineering is tricky. But up until recently we might be witnessing a new age in human development.
posted by Gratefulmom 8 years 3 weeks ago • 181 views • 8:39Is Hank trying for a goatee? YouTube: Let's face it: Humans are pretty messy. Industrial processes like mining and manufacturing are important parts of keeping civilization going, but they all impact... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 4 weeks ago • 282 views • 10:13"The human body is miraculous in so many ways! Let us show you just how miraculous by indulging you with loads of fact goodness about it..."
posted by ant 8 years 1 month ago • 18 views • 5:49Designer babies, the end of diseases, genetically modified humans that never age. Outrageous things that used to be science fiction are suddenly becoming reality. The only thing we know for sure is that... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 8 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 384 views • 16:04YouTube description: For much of human history, people made art by trying to represent the world as it appeared around them. Until about 100 years ago, when a bunch of artists stopped trying to do that.... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 508 views • 9:18YouTube description: On La Gomera, a small island in Spain’s Canary Islands, the last speakers of a language without words reside. "El Silbo," a whistled communication used in rural and isolated areas,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 2 months ago • 197 views • 3:53YouTube: Many of us choose to enjoy the effects of alcohol, and we know that drinking too much is a bad thing, but what kinds of things can actually happen when you drink too much for too long?
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 2 months 1 week ago • 280 views • 4:22"With over 1.7 billion followers worldwide, Islam has grown into the second largest religion in the world. But just how much do you know about it. Find out more facts in Islam In Numbers..."
posted by ant 8 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 15 views • 2:06NASA's Juno spacecraft captured a unique time-lapse movie of the Galilean satellites in motion about Jupiter. The movie begins on June 12th with Juno 10 million miles from Jupiter, and ends on June 29th,... continue reading
posted by newtboy 8 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 515 views • 2:59YouTube: All humans want to be comfy, but the first air conditioner wasn't built for us--it was for a printing press!
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 2 months 4 weeks ago • 23 views • 4:48YouTube: Octopuses are smart! They play with toys, pull off daring escapes, and are masters of disguise. But they're also smart in a lot of ways that the human mind probably can't comprehend. For example,... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 3 months ago • 167 views • 4:26YouTube: You might think of national parks as a nice place to see a geyser, or a big ol’ canyon, but over the past 100 years, US national parks have produced some of the biggest, oldest, deepest, and... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 217 views • 9:38An important video that gets to the root of tackling bigotry and hate. An excellent lecture by Prof. Laith Saud
posted by truth-is-the-nemesis 8 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 29 views • 14:32