YouTube description: In 2015, what we knew about Iron Age shields all changed. And it changed in a field in Leicester... Iron Age Curator Sophia Adams explains the construction of the first organic... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 8 months 3 weeks ago • 145 views • 15:29

From YouTube, "The Earth is a gigantic ball of semi-molten rock, with a heart of iron as hot as the surface of the Sun. Titanic amounts of heat left over from its birth and the radioactive decay of trillions... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 2 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 354 views • 11:59

More than a little ironic how this video about fighting the corporate stranglehold on the music industry begins and ends as a commercial for audible.

posted by newtboy 5 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 346 views • 8:40

This is the story of America's massive forging presses built during the cold war used to build America's most advanced machinery - the Heavy Press Program. Modern airplanes, missiles, helicopters, turbines... continue reading

posted by nanrod 6 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 528 views • 12:48

YouTube description: What happens when you fire a Civil War mortar at a caravan? We invited YouTuber Tom Scott to find out. The mortar used is a replica of Roaring Meg, which destroyed large parts... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 545 views • 7:11

A new polio epidemic could happen in the USA as more parents opt out of immunization.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month ago • 70 views • 7:09

YouTube description: Isn't it a problem to handle powerful magnets with iron in our blood? Let's find out! This video was sponsored by https://brilliant.org/Brainiac75/ The D200xH50 mm neodymium... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 684 views • 9:46

I built a natural draft furnace to test ideas about how hot a furnace could get without the use of bellows. Natural draft is the flow of air through a furnace due to rising hot air. The hot gasses in the... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 454 views • 5:46

I made a brick mold that makes bricks 25 x 12.5 x 7.5 cm from wood. A log was split and mortise and tenon joints were carved using a stone chisel and sharp rocks. The mold was lashed together with cane... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 1,024 views • 10:47

The Lahti L-39 is a Finnish 20 mm anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It had excellent accuracy, penetration and range, but its size made transportation difficult. It was nicknamed "Norsupyssy"... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 150 views • 10:14

This guide will make cooking with cast iron a breeze!

posted by Mekanikal 8 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 1,777 views • 5:55

I invented the Bow Blower, a combination of the bow drill and forge blower to make a device that can force air into a fire while being easy to construct from commonly occurring natural materials using... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 1,388 views • 4:32

Have you ever wondered what happens when you bring a magnet near 5000 degree molten Iron? Does it attract? Or repel? Maybe it create cool shapes. But most importantly... DOES IT EXPLODE?! I set off... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 40 views • 5:21

Except why we can't get along.

posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 1 decade 7 months 1 week ago • 154 views • 7:22

... or how to soil a pristine lab coat! YouTube Description: Gav and Dan are in the GE lab using nanotechnology to show you cool liquid physics at 2500fps. The first experiment shows a superhydrophobic... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 1 year 2 months ago • 1,101 views • 5:34