Pareidolia is the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern (Merriam-Webster) This one minute film uses pareidolia as a tool to convey the importance... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 months 1 week ago • 231 views • 1:01

The Palestinian ambassador to the U.N. speaks to the assembly about the actual Palestinian position on the Israeli war. It bears mentioning that Hamas is not the elected governing body, they seized control... continue reading

posted by newtboy 6 months 2 weeks ago • 109 views • 42 secs

Sam Harris speaks with Matt Ridley and Alina Chan about the origins of the COVID pandemic. They discuss the evidence of a lab leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, media and academic censorship of... continue reading

posted by eric3579 1 year 2 months 4 weeks ago • 273 views • 58:27

This month a paper came out that honestly chilled me. It was about tipping points in climate - a well-known concept that the climate can change abruptly if certain conditions are met in certain elements... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 8 months ago • 78 views • 11:01

Flechette rounds now violate international humanitarian laws and the Geneva Convention. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flechette

posted by newtboy 2 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 464 views • 4:22

Zefrank looks at Army Ants and the beetles that co-exist with them. From Youtube, "Where to buy the Army Ants Book: https://amzn.com/067424155X True Facts Shirts: https://ze-true-store.myshopify.com/ ... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 3 years 5 months 1 week ago • 928 views • 9:28

https://www.iter.org/ In southern France, 35 nations* are collaborating to build the world's largest tokamak, a magnetic fusion device that has been designed to prove the feasibility of fusion as a... continue reading

posted by eric3579 3 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 930 views • 7:59

From Youtube, "The launch of SpaceX's DM-2 mission taking NASA astronauts to the Space Station was the culmination of years of development, and more importantly years of political and management decisions... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 3 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 45 views • 15:55

People in Kuwait breaking local and international laws on modern slavery, including a woman offering a child for sale.

posted by bobknight33 4 years 2 weeks ago • 174 views • 51:01

Michael Osterholm is an internationally recognized expert in infectious disease epidemiology. He is Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, the director of the Center for... continue reading

posted by eric3579 4 years 2 months 1 week ago • 1,286 views • 6:59

Trump bashes Chicago's top cop Eddie Johnson: He's not doing his job Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson boycotts President Trump's address to the International Association of Chiefs... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 4 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 13 views • 11:04

YouTube description: Go to https://buyraycon.com/polyphonic for 15% off your order! Brought to you by Raycon. POLYPHONIC MERCHANDISE: https://standard.tv/collections/polyp... Music by Pracs:... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 8 months ago • 428 views • 8:12

YT: The International Phonetic Alphabet: one sound for each symbol, and one symbol for each sound. Except for the sounds we can't make. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet

posted by Fantomas 4 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 883 views • 6:31

"... Step aboard Discovery and explore the space shuttle in 360. National Air and Space Museum and Google Arts & Culture have teamed up to bring a piece of Hubble’s history to life like never before.... continue reading

posted by ant 4 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 18 views • 6:55

"... I love coffee. Like, a lot. You know who else loves coffee? Astronauts! And also the people who help them do awesome things in space (I think NASA might be powered by coffee). But how do astronauts... continue reading

posted by ant 5 years 2 weeks ago • 124 views • 11:39

"Behavior of mice aboard the International Space Station 20 female mice were transported to the International Space Station by SpaceX CRS-4 Dragon spacecraft. On NASA’s Rodent Habitat, the mice engaged... continue reading

posted by ant 5 years 1 month 1 week ago • 16 views • 3:42

This successful test of the upgraded and now human rated Dragon capsule is the first step towards the USA being able to send astronauts to the ISS without hitching a lift on Russian Soyuz spacecraft. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 516 views • 4:57

Measuring time is a complicated thing. Computers, banks, and stock markets in Denmark all use UTC, the international standard: but according to the law, they shouldn't.

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 3 months ago • 316 views • 6:30

YT: Video shown by The Professor (Martyn Poliakoff) during his presentation at launch UNESCO's International Year of the Periodic Table.

posted by Fantomas 5 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 992 views • 4:44

It's funny how some fight against the very thing that will save a nation.

posted by C-note 5 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 89 views • 1:55