YouTube description: Around 750-1250 CE, the Islamic empire made incredible scientific advancements that still influence many fields of research today. What we know about some of the great minds of... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 week 1 day ago • 78 views • 10:44

For anyone who doesn't want to watch to the whole thing, a useful thing I learned from the video: sour cream seems to be a poor choice.

posted by moonsammy 4 weeks 1 day ago • 64 views • 29:35

Learn how solar works and how a long time mystery power loss was finally understood and solved.

posted by eric3579 1 month ago • 1,227 views • 16:54

"It was so obvious! All I had to do was "Squeek squeeeken squeek!' ..."

posted by ant 3 months 1 week ago • 72 views • 5:11

Black community exposing the hypocrisy behind the "Black Lives Matter" movement.

posted by bobknight33 3 months 3 weeks ago • 41 views • 10:49

"We have to learn the controls somehow but still..."

posted by ant 5 months ago • 67 views • 3:36

We all know that making models for an epidemic's spread has almost infinite variables and is freaking hard to make. But, if you use statistics, you can at least learn some interesting things.... continue reading

From Youtube, "I played italian songs that you've heard and don't know the name. Learn their name on this video!"

posted by w1ndex 7 months ago • 9 views • 5:28

YT description-Much of the information on the midnight paintings was obtained from this website which has a few more paintings I didn't mention. If you want to learn even more I encourage people to visit it. ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 months 2 weeks ago • 1,044 views • 11:53

For three centuries, farmers living in the remote mountains of northern Turkey have communicated great distances by whistling. It’s a language called kuş dili that is still used to this day, though... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 9 months ago • 97 views • 2:41

https://youtu.be/vfWUorR8D60 Christmas isn’t just a time for presents, cookies, and holiday cheer, but the hunting period of Iceland’s murderous monster feline, the Yule Cat. This giant, fluffy... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 10 months 1 week ago • 556 views • 10:04

Wave power hasn’t yet made a splash because it’s hard to use waves to spin turbines, and because the sea is a harsh place to build things. To learn more, start your googling with these keywords: ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 10 months 2 weeks ago • 869 views • 3:16

In a quiet corner of Kent State University, scientists are exploring innovative ways to study the past. We joined our friends at Gizmodo to visit Kent State University's Experimental Archaeology lab, where... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year ago • 40 views • 7:30

Cute baby macaque is given swimming lessons by his mother then advances a little too quickly to the high dive.

posted by BSR 1 year 4 weeks ago • 153 views • 2:22

YouTube description: This translucent Deepstaria jelly unfurled as it whorled and shapeshifted in currents created by ROV Hercules' thrusters. Its bright red resident isopod, a relative of the pillbug,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 1 month ago • 785 views • 5:43

They keep asking me. I keep telling them I am notarobot, but they never seem to remember. At least not for very long.

posted by notarobot 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago • 382 views • 7:40

YouTube description: As a quadriplegic, Álvaro Silberstein spent years believing he would never be able to visit Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park. Then, he discovered a wheelchair designed... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 2 months 1 week ago • 179 views • 2:57

Learn about the prairie flowers of Illinois with a gangster.

posted by w1ndex 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago • 16 views • 17:19