YouTube description: Giant Mine sits near Yellowknife, in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Once it was a productive gold mine, but after the gold ran out, the mining company went bankrupt and left... continue reading
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YouTube description: Ferrofluid is a bizarre, NASA-engineered material that was created for spaceships but never used. In this “lab practical” video, we’ll put ferrofluid through its paces, and... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 674 views • 4:26Some of my favourite Australian animals (they're cute, and don't try to kill you). YouTube description: It’s pretty well known that Australia is home to some strange animals, but echidnas are especially... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 425 views • 6:37At this time of year we have to start being extra watchful – our lambs are vulnerable to attack from this silent killer.. Not everyone is going to agree with this thesis – but I’ve been rescuing... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 1,496 views • 3:32On the morning of July 7, 1944, Captain Ben L. Salomon of the U.S. Army’s 105th Infantry, commissioned as a dentist, single-handedly held off a fierce attack of an overwhelming force of Japanese soldiers... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 4 months ago • 44 views • 6:24YouTube description: Antibiotic-resistant bacteria kill 23,000 people every year in the United States, and the United Nations estimates that by 2050, more people will die from antibiotic-resistant infections... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 397 views • 14:33Ever wondered what it's like to stop a psycho on a killing spree? It isn't as awesome as you'd think.
posted by newtboy 6 years 6 months ago • 1,397 views • 5:57There’s a saying in the sea, 'If it’s a cone, leave it alone'. Although they look pretty harmless cone nails are pretty deadly. They're a chemical making factory that travels around an a giant sticky... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 6 months 1 week ago • 790 views • 3:48He's given a TED talk too, https://www.ted.com/talks/andres_ruzo_the_mythical_boiling_river_of_the_amazon YouTube description: When Andrés Ruzo was a boy, his grandfather would tell him tales of... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months 1 week ago • 2,029 views • 2:34YouTube description: This is how we go from single cells to people. EVO-DEVO Huxley B. Mac. Oh Carroll, Carroll Gould, Stephen Jay yeah D-D-D-D-Davidson and Peter See One cell divide and... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months 1 week ago • 923 views • 4:46"... In this episode of Overrated, Vox's Phil Edwards investigates the largely unheralded business reason behind the success of Harper Lee's 'To Kill A Mockingbird.' Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird... continue reading
posted by ant 6 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 142 views • 5:28"Sometimes, it makes sense for critters across the animal kingdom to chow down on their own young..."
posted by ant 6 years 9 months ago • 35 views • 2:59YouTube description: From bee sting to cobra bites, we measure the deadliest substance known to mankind and see how much it takes to kill a person. Everything from the top 10 deadliest substance, most... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 10 months 1 week ago • 2,401 views • 3:24YouTube: A very weird way a thunderstorm might kill you.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years ago • 124 views • 3:56YouTube: For some people, fava beans can be deadly. What is it about this little legume that makes it so?
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 244 views • 4:27We love wood here at The Slingshot Channel. It is our most important raw material by a great margin. When we found this 20" piece of European Dogwood (Cornus Sanguinea) while cleaning up the shed, we immediately... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 203 views • 13:07"Tardigrades, also referred to as "water bears," are eight-legged microscopic animals that are seemingly impossible to kill, having been found everywhere from Antarctica to the deep sea."
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 1,101 views • 4:10YouTube: What you don't know about your microbiome may kill you!!! ...or just give you diarrhea.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 74 views • 11:13YouTube description: Meet Professor Jamie Seymour, he milks stuff. But nothing that moos, has hooves, wool or fur. He prefers to live life on the edge, milking the venom from the most venomous animals... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 176 views • 4:26