How we went from requiring 3 or more engines to cross the ocean to allowing twin engine planes to cross, and the increase in reliability, and ETOPS range of modern twin engine planes.
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SAD! YouTube: I don't really know what this budget is meant to do aside from raise military spending dramatically while keeping spending almost exactly the same as it is now. It's remarkable how close... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 338 views • 5:03YouTube: Obamacare’s marketplaces were supposed to give consumers choices of health plans from insurers that compete to keep premiums down. But fewer insurers are participating, and premiums are increasing sharply. ... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 4 months 1 week ago • 236 views • 7:05I'm dreaming of a white Christmas [no I'm not] YouTube: This episode Nellie Benner snorts a white crystalline powder: Cocaine. The active substance is cocaine hydrochloride and has a stimulating effect... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 5 months ago • 318 views • 10:35YouTube description: As the world’s largest technology manufacturers increasingly move toward creating products that are designed to be difficult or impossible to repair, Motherboard has started looking... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 426 views • 9:15His girlfriend is a hell of a good sport. ------------------------------------------------------------ I made a freeze ray! Im basically a bonafide evil genius now. Freeze your cat, girlfriend, or... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 38 views • 4:36I invented the Bow Blower, a combination of the bow drill and forge blower to make a device that can force air into a fire while being easy to construct from commonly occurring natural materials using... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 10 months ago • 1,388 views • 4:32The Speke’s gazelle is the world's smallest gazelle, and is also one of the most endangered. This Bambi lookalike lives in the semidesert areas in the Horn of Africa. Named after English explorer John... continue reading
posted by blacklotus90 7 years 10 months ago • 202 views • 1:07From YT: Female masking is an underground scene where heterosexual men dress up as latex dolls. The scene has become increasingly popular in recent years so VICE Germany decided to find out more about... continue reading
posted by RFlagg 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 374 views • 17:05Ultraviolet diving, fluorescent diving, or "flo-diving", is becoming increasingly popular, for the simple reason that it can be a spectacular experience. Underwater Kinetics' tech expert Dr. Fred Fischer... continue reading
posted by newtboy 8 years ago • 24 views • 5:06YouTube: The History of Opioids - We will give a historical overview of people and opioids. We will look at when people first started using opioids, how they’ve changed over the years, and ways that... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 3 weeks ago • 518 views • 8:17While bigotry and racism have become increasingly unacceptable in modern society, research indicates even the most accepting persons are not as open-minded as they think. Social psychologist Josh Correll... continue reading
posted by newtboy 9 years 3 weeks ago • 321 views • 4:15UAlberta: UAlberta research team uses MRI video to observe for the first time what happens inside joints when they crack. (Edmonton) “Pull my finger,” a phrase embraced by school-aged kids and embarrassing... continue reading
posted by Zawash 9 years 1 month 1 week ago • 408 views • 7 secsHere's another entry in The Loudness War - listen for yourself if Skrillex sounds better with higher loudness and more compression or if sounds better with increased dynamics. 1080p and good headphones... continue reading
posted by Zawash 9 years 4 months ago • 103 views • 11:15From YT: An encouragement to be aware of the manipulative power of stories. -- Studies mentioned: Green, M.C. and Brock, T. (2000) The role of transportation in the persuasiveness of public narratives.... continue reading
posted by RFlagg 9 years 5 months ago • 365 views • 18:01The honeybees swarm the wasp intruder and increase their body temperatures, roasting the wasp alive.
posted by nock 9 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 662 views • 3:43Common misconceptions about climate change. References below: For CO2, sea levels, Arctic sea ice, Antarctic and Greenland land ice: http://climate.nasa.gov Satellite data shows that ground-based... continue reading
posted by cricket 9 years 8 months 1 week ago • 868 views • 6:50Energy is neither created nor destroyed — and yet the global demand for it continues to increase. But where does energy come from, and where does it go? Joshua M. Sneideman examines the many ways in... continue reading
posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 9 years 11 months ago • 292 views • 4:44For nearly all of human history, most people were very, very poor. But something happened after 1800. Average wages began to rise. For example, in the past 200 years, the average wage in the United States... continue reading
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