"... In 1971, three student teachers in Minneapolis, MN created a little computer game about westward expansion in the United States. Over 50 years later, The Oregon Trail series has sold more than 65... continue reading
posted by ant 4 weeks 1 day ago • 5 views • 1:26:56Videos (156) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (853) |
In this video Jonathan from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses sperm production, storage, as well as a common question he gets from students: What happens to sperm cells if they are not not released? ... continue reading
posted by BSR 4 months 3 weeks ago • 94 views • 10:30I turned myself into an AI superhero
posted by BSR 7 months 1 week ago • 157 views • 46 secs* This video shows uncensored shooting of feral cats * In Shooting Cats VICE set out to explore the consequences of Australia's feral cat plague, and confront the uncomfortable and violent realities... continue reading
posted by BSR 10 months 2 weeks ago • 55 views • 26:04Sam 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 2 weeks ago • 273 views • 58:27"Flashback to the holiday season of 2001. After years of filming, the first film in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, is due to hit theaters, and expectations... continue reading
posted by ant 1 year 2 months 4 weeks ago • 4 views • 24:24Manú National Park, deep in the Peruvian rainforest, is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. The park and surrounding areas are home to some 10 percent of the world's bird species, countless... continue reading
posted by BSR 1 year 5 months 3 weeks ago • 19 views • 13:25From YouTube, "Here in the Kurzgesagt labs, we test very important ideas to see what happens when you blow things up or play with black holes. Many of you suggested that we look into an idea that sounds... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 1 year 6 months ago • 89 views • 10:55OK, so straight up..... This might be one of my favorite Smarter Every Day videos ever. It has everything I love.... hard work, fluid dynamics, mechanics, control systems, nature, beautiful shots, teamwork,... continue reading
posted by BSR 1 year 6 months 1 week ago • 214 views • 19:58From YouTube, "A CSB safety video about the June 21, 2019, fire, explosions, and toxic hydrofluoric acid (HF) release at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A severely... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 1 year 6 months 1 week ago • 260 views • 18:02From https://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&boardid=1&threadid=253443.
posted by ant 1 year 6 months 1 week ago • 119 viewsFrom YouTube, "Now I am going to tell you more about some expensive and toxic substances."
posted by w1ndex 1 year 9 months 2 weeks ago • 42 viewsThe story behind the new Terry Pratchett audiobooks - my all time favorite author. Can't wait to hear them! YT: This documentary follows Penguin Audio's ambitious project of turning the entire Discworld... continue reading
posted by Zawash 2 years 1 week ago • 31 views • 21:33"Dig into the genetic adaptations of cockroaches, and find out what makes it so hard to get rid of these tenacious creatures..." From http://boingboing.net/2022/04/19/why-are-cockroaches-so-hard-to-kill.html.... continue reading
posted by ant 2 years 3 weeks ago • 55 views • 5:10Nord Stream 2 is possibly the world's most controversial infrastructure project, and it was thrust further into the spotlight when Russia invaded Ukraine earlier in 2022. The future of this monumental... continue reading
posted by eric3579 2 years 3 weeks ago • 64 views • 12:17From YouTubbe, "I challenge myself to combine a hydraulic jack, a scissor jack, a trailer jack, and a high lift jack all into one. Oh, and I want to add a vise to it. I fabricate this king of jacks and... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 2 years 1 month ago • 113 views • 34:28From YouTube, "Our home is burning. Rapid climate change is destabilizing our world. It seems our emissions will not fall quickly enough to avoid runaway warming and we may soon hit tipping points that... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 2 years 1 month ago • 145 views • 16:11From YouTube, "A CSB safety video about the September 21, 2020, hot work incident at the Evergreen Packaging Paper Mill in Canton, North Carolina. A fire erupted in a confined space when a heat gun fell... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 2 years 1 month ago • 360 views • 11:44