YouTube 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
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Published on May 21, 2017 After four years of living off the grid we've gathered some wisdom we'd like to share with you. Please enjoy...ten MORE things we wish we'd known before we went off grid. ... continue reading
posted by Buck 6 years 10 months ago • 1,847 views • 10:28YouTube: I have always thought that sex ed and statistics should be the same course. There's no better way to show how vital stats is to your every day life than to look at statistics. Probabilities... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 411 views • 3:56YouTube description: In March 1974, Chinese farmers digging a well unearthed the greatest archaeological find of the century - the buried Terracotta Army. After coming across a life-sized human head... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 634 viewsDialect coach Erik Singer analyzes some of the most famous "constructed languages" in movie and television history. Which real-life languages inspired "conlangs" like Klingon and Dothraki? Check out... continue reading
posted by Mekanikal 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 306 views • 20:33British philosopher and thinker Alan Watts asks the question, "What would you like to do if money were no object?" It's a question many of us have considered, but few have truly act upon. "Yeah, that's... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 7 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 902 views • 3:07YouTube 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 3 months 2 weeks ago • 176 views • 4:26YouTube description: It's not vanity. For cats, staying clean is a matter of life and death. And their tongue, specially equipped for the job, is just one of the things that makes cats such successful predators. ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 369 views • 3:47YouTube: We have a very unhelpful tendency – when in relationships – to idealise what it was like being single. We should learn how to bear proper witness to our single days.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 4 months ago • 118 views • 3:02YouTube description: Foraminifera – tiny, single-celled marine life forms – build gorgeous houses that record how much ice there is on the planet. Special thanks to Professor Lee Kump of Penn... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 489 views • 2:51The killer punch of the mantis shrimp is the fastest strike in the animal kingdom, a skill that goes hand in hand with its extraordinary eyesight. They can see an invisible level of reality using polarized... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 36 views • 4:00I built a prawn trap from lawyer cane, sticks and vine. Then I caught some prawns and ate them. Prawn (and fish) traps are simple traps designed to catch aquatic life due to their shape. It consists... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 257 views • 7:16YouTube description: Ever wonder what a dinosaur might have looked like? Well, we might have an answer for you and the result is hidden in plain sight. Hosted by: Hank Green... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 289 views • 5:11"This is crazy cool."
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 10 months 1 week ago • 252 views • 4:20YouTube description: Conceived in the open sea, tiny spaceship-shaped sea urchin larvae search the vast ocean to find a home. After this incredible odyssey, they undergo one of the most remarkable transformations... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months 1 week ago • 658 views • 3:23On this episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote receives the WORST animal bite of his life when he is accidentally bitten by the only venomous lizard in the United States, the Gila Monster! Known for having... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 8 years 2 months 1 week ago • 400 views • 5:38YouTube Description: What has the highest melting point known to us? Hank Green explains in this episode of SciShow. This episode is brought to you by Audible. Go to Audible.com/SciShow for a free 30-day trail. ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 5 months ago • 524 views • 5:26YouTube: Disenchanted with the out-of-date curriculum of traditional college, Jeremy Rossmann dropped out of MIT. Within a few years, he and co-founder Ashu Desai, started The Make School, a college replacement... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 493 views • 4:02YouTube: Finally, after what seems like eons and eons, the end is nigh. We're talking not only about the end of Crash Course Big History, but also the end of everything. The end of humanity and the end... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 71 views • 13:31YouTube Description: I have narcolepsy with cataplexy, and it can be very frustrating to try to explain what it's like to people who have never seen narcolepsy in real life, and how much of a struggle... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,480 views • 4:46