YouTube description: Babies and young kids are cast in movies just like adult actors, but there are special rules in place about how long they can be on set. Oftentimes, a director wants a baby to cry... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,113 views • 4:11Videos (107) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
YouTube description: What would it be like if our eyes could see more colors? We may never be able to answer that, but we can build devices that can do the work for us. Over the last three weeks we've... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 450 views • 9:29YouTube description: Thunderstorm time lapse and spectacular phenomenon with facts and information of where to witness these fascinating sights. Upward lightning, mammatus, sprites, gustnadoes and... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 month 1 week ago • 498 views • 6:19From youtube: UV at ground level is non-ionizing but it damages DNA and causes photoaging - how? Also, it turns out glass doesn't block all UV (specifically UVA passes through). This is something I learned... continue reading
posted by nanrod 6 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 383 views • 4:46So unshelled Brazil nuts are actually seeds found inside a larger fruit that looks like a cannonball. Learn something new everyday.
posted by nanrod 6 years 4 months 1 week ago • 396 views • 11:08This animated map created from the NOAA, NWS, and PTWC shows every recorded earthquake in chronological order from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2015. The size of the circle shows the magnitude of the... continue reading
posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 5 months ago • 876 views • 3:43YouTube description: He was inside Jabba the Hut in “Return of the Jedi,” helped make “The Muppets” come alive and has been pulling the strings on Yoda since he was 19 years old. Meet Dave Barclay,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 285 views • 3:12"What goes on inside that cremation machine? ..."
posted by ant 6 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 65 views • 6:43Police in West Midlands, UK have released footage of criminals stealing a car by relaying a signal from the key inside the home, to the car in the driveway. Source: CNNMoney I've always wondered... continue reading
posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 961 views • 1:30YouTube description: This is Barsha Pump, it's a new water pump created by aQysta. "Barsha" means rain in Nepalese and the pumps are being made available across Nepal, Indonesia, Zambia and 9 other countries. ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 739 views • 3:19(H/T @eric3579)
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 520 views • 5:53YT: I built an A frame hut as a large work space for projects. First I made a celt hatchet to cut timber for the hut. The axe head was made of amphibolite and the handle was made of a species of wattle.... continue reading
posted by nanrod 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 524 views • 9:05YouTube description: These are the molecular machines inside your body that make cell division possible. Animation by Drew Berry at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. http://wehi.tv ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 1,063 views • 6:21Robert Downey Jr. and wife Susan Downey turned a converted windmill into a stylish and charming Hamptons home. In this funny, full-access tour, the Downeys show off their favorite art, let you into their... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 220 views • 4:59Believe it or not, off-roading is actually illegal in Iceland - they'll lock you up. There is an exception, though, in the form of the outrageous Icelandic Formula Offroad Championship. Strapped into home-built... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 249 views • 7:24Welcome to the US National Ice Core Laboratory in Denver, Colorado, where there's a giant freezer filled with 20km of ice cores from Greenland and the Antarctic. Here's why.
posted by Mekanikal 7 years 4 months 1 week ago • 1,213 views • 3:33We CUT OPEN a Stop Light!! Super interesting!!
posted by BSR 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 23 views • 8:38YouTube description: Many structures built by ancient Romans around 2,000 years ago are still standing, and some are still in excellent condition. Over the last decade, researchers have come discover... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 688 views • 1:58YouTube description: The average American consumes more than 3,600 calories daily – a 24% increase from 1961, when the average was just 2,880 calories. Americans haven't increased their consumption... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 6 months 1 week ago • 697 views • 1:37