An interesting and quick look at how the ancient Roman Civilization inhabitants dealt with their (not so) alone time.

posted by BoneRemake 2 months 2 weeks ago • 359 views • 5:40

What is you could solve the shape puzzle with only one piece instead of 3? Modelling using Boolean Intersections may be rarely used, but the results are really interesting and well worth experimenting with!

posted by newtboy 6 months 2 weeks ago • 129 views • 6:44

This is a bit of a mind-bender, but entirely worth the watch if you're at all interested in mathematics or computer science. Possibly even if you're not, but I'm uncertain. I had previously learned... continue reading

posted by moonsammy 12 months ago • 625 views

Pike County Sheriffs beat and mace a man hogtied in a restraint chair so badly the sheriff deputy broke his hand on the man's face. He has applied for workers compensation for the "job related injury". ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 3 weeks ago • 213 views • 1:47

I highly recommend listening to the song first, or at least the first half. As a drummer for 32 years (8 formally on actual drums / in public, the rest on available surfaces and arguably in rhythm games),... continue reading

posted by moonsammy 1 year 1 month ago • 496 views • 10:15

The EPIC OF GILGAMESH is the earliest great work of literature that we know of, and was first written down by the Sumerians around 2100 B.C. Ancient Sumer was the land that lay between the two rivers,... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago • 15 views • 3:56

Who knew cracking nuts could be so interesting

posted by blacklotus90 1 year 5 months 2 weeks ago • 65 views • 18:57

From Youtube, "What started as a simple desire for a better arc lighter got carried away and I ended up making the scariest device I've ever built. In this video I tested a plasma lighter and attempted... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 year 9 months 2 weeks ago • 44 views • 26:02

On a hike looking for rare limestone endemic plants in Death Valley, we spotted the wreckage of a plane! After several hours of hiking and many interesting plants, we managed to scramble over to the wreck.... continue reading

posted by eric3579 2 years 2 weeks ago • 1,775 views • 5:01

We all know that making models for an epidemic's spread has almost infinite variables and is freaking hard to make. But, if you use statistics, you can at least learn some interesting things.... continue reading

This strange creature was only discovered by marine biologists in 2007 during a deep water expedition. Teuthidodrilus, commonly known as the "Squidworm", is just as flamboyant as it is strange in appearance.... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 4 months 1 week ago • 774 views • 3:38

YouTube description: There’s no telling what you can do when you put your mind to it. Take Richard Hull, he built a small-scale fusion reactor—in a shed, in his backyard. A retired electronics engineer,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 1,459 views • 3:32

In which Half as Interesting explains the Machine Identification Code covertly printed in yellow dots by virtually all colour printers.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 1,644 views • 5:45

An open conversation with a person diagnosed with Schizophrenia that I found very interesting and helpful.

posted by b4rringt0n 2 years 12 months ago • 763 views • 9:24

The Japanese have some interesting machinery used for rice cultivation.

posted by newtboy 3 years 1 month ago • 581 views • 10:36

YouTube description: You can make a movable hole in soap film with a loop of thread. It's surprising when you first see and it's fun to think about why it behaves the way it does. It's also a useful... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 2 months 1 week ago • 509 views • 6:03

ASM = Anti-Ship Missile. An interesting look into missile design and behaviors across the globe. From YT: Russia has got them... so does Japan, India, Taiwan, and others. So why doesn't the US?

YouTube description: Engineers need to be able to predict how water will behave in order to design structures that manage or control it. And fluids don’t always behave the way you’d expect. On this... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 751 views • 8:43

An interesting an detailed animated account of how the attack at Pearl Harbor unfolded in 1941 with real footage and photos. Source: Montemayor

posted by b4rringt0n 3 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 48 views • 17:58

This video is equally a promo for Google Cloud, and a really interesting story about the digitizing the photo library of the New York Times. YouTube description: Google Cloud is helping the New York... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 6 months 1 week ago • 473 views • 3:56