Graphite is one of the many interesting forms of carbon. And carbon I love! It morphs into coal, diamond, graphite, graphene, fullerenes, nanotubes, buckyballs and more, all with their own set of fantastic... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 1,654 views • 4:58Videos (102) | Sift Talk (1) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
A little bit of history behind salt and pepper, interesting
posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 235 views • 5:48I've always found it interesting how different my voice sounds recorded.
posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 50 views • 5:03YouTube description: Bill reveals the stunning engineering underlying the design of a diaper. He describes the five layers of a diaper, including the superabsorbent polymer in the diaper's core. He... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 337 views • 6:34Nerdwriter does an interesting piece on the intersection of cigarettes, Edvard Munch, mental illness and a few other things.
posted by eric3579 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 332 views • 7:35The ongoing study is part of a growing interest in coral fluorescence among the scientific community. Coral Fluorescence was recently found to be a strong indicator of coral health, and coral fluorescence... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 11 months ago • 127 views • 4:05The guy narrating is a bit stiff, but the info was interesting Via YouTube: Watch and listen to this insightful story of how Da Vinci created the Last Supper.
posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 42 views • 1:56YT-Elliot Crown was one of a few citizens allowed to speak and used his time to point out PROOF of possible voter fraud considering ALL NYC counties Hillary won were with THIS special black box... While... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 973 views • 1:22An interesting discussion of Seinfeld's place in the evolution of television family dynamics.
posted by hazmat22 8 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 561 views • 8:07Sacks of Water, prepare to have your minds blown. From YouTube: "Does water have a fourth phase, beyond solid, liquid and vapor? University of Washington Bioengineering Professor Gerald Pollack... continue reading
posted by chicchorea 8 years 4 months ago • 1,036 views • 24:15In the middle of the Mojave desert lies California City, the largest city never built. It is now a vast network of roads carved into the sand for miles and miles with nothing but tumbleweeds and cacti... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 8 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 1,098 views • 4:55Commentary on copyright and music based on a simple song with an interesting history.
posted by messenger 8 years 7 months ago • 95 views • 12:13An interesting riddle - can you sifters solve it, without resorting to the solution in the video (from 1:25)? iflscience: The following riddle is claimed to have been written by Einstein as a boy. It's... continue reading
posted by Zawash 8 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 52 views • 5:08The human visual system is extremely complex, but it makes repeated use of some tricks that can be exploited to produce interesting visual illusions. With even a high-level understanding of how the brain... continue reading
posted by cricket 8 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 1,207 views • 4:56Perhaps you can imagine how poor my short term memory is. What's your name again?
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 153 views • 2:07An interesting video demonstrating the oxidation states of the transition metal Vanadium.
posted by Fantomas 8 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 372 views • 6:03"Apparently, your biggest enemy is not lions and tigers and bears ..." YouTube: What were the first organisms to have sex? We may never know the answer, but as Bill Nye explains in this Big Think interview,... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 4 weeks ago • 235 views • 3:58Greed is good. War is inevitable. Whether in political theory or popular culture, human nature is often portrayed as selfish and power hungry. UC Berkeley psychologist Dacher Keltner challenges this notion... continue reading
posted by enoch 9 years 4 months ago • 2,027 views • 4:37Interesting 092814
posted by chicchorea 9 years 7 months ago • 656 views • 6:15Destin has an interesting and informative chat with the "Jelly Dude from Nemo Land", Dr. Jamie Seymour from James Cook University.
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 310 views • 7:47