Each season has its own distinctive flowers, and in Japan early May sees the wisteria blossom. Many people travel at that time to see fine examples of wisteria, a spreading vine that can be arranged over... continue reading
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YouTube description: 50 Years Ago Apollo 13 was preparing to launch on a mission that would become famous for the wrong reasons, 56 Hours into the mission an oxygen tank would explode, blowing the side... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 1 month 1 week ago • 29 views • 12:18Temnospondyls were a huge group of amphibians that existed for 210 million years. Ahhh....the good ole days.
posted by newtboy 4 years 2 months ago • 207 views • 10:53YouTube description: The history of the Earth from its formation to present day, covering major events throughout its 4-billion-year history. Estimates of average temperature, atmospheric composition,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 807 views • 11:36China used more concrete in 2 years than US used in last 20th century
posted by bobknight33 4 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 164 views • 2:41YouTube description: It sounds ridiculous, but it's true. At the Cooper Union Foundation Building in New York, there's the world's first elevator shaft: constructed four years before the safety elevator... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 731 views • 5:10YouTube description: Why does shaken soda explode? Does ice melt first in fresh or salt water? This video features experiments that have been shown to me by science teachers over the years. Does... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 991 views • 13:59YouTube description: There’s no telling what you can do when you put your mind to it. Take Richard Hull, he built a small-scale fusion reactor—in a shed, in his backyard. A retired electronics engineer,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 6 months 1 week ago • 1,462 views • 3:32"Everyone has their favorite classic Sesame Street animated segment from the last 50 years! Now, in this hour long compilation, they're all in one place! Watch live with us and share your favorite Sesame... continue reading
posted by ant 4 years 6 months 1 week ago • 20 views • 1:00:10Texas dad Jeffrey Younger has been fighting in the courts to stop his ex-wife from gender "transitioning" their 7-year-old son, James. On October 24, 2019, Dallas Judge Kim Cooks ruled to allow Younger... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 4 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 9 views • 10:48YouTube description: Life is chemistry. From diatom to Diana, life is not a magical imbued trait, is a process of the physics of our universe. The precise and convoluted chemistry of life requires specific... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 7 months ago • 508 views • 10:13YouTube description: It’s amazing what Anne Rosat can do with a pair of scissors. This 83-year-old artist has been depicting life in the Swiss Alps through the folk art known as papercutting for 50... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 8 months ago • 450 views • 2:58Ice lost in Greenland means higher sea levels around the world. "Oceans Melting Greenland," a NASA program in its fourth year, is studying the melt. So far, measurements indicate a rate of melt exceeding... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 325 views • 3:27YouTube 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) 4 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 181 views • 2:57"Let's rewind back not 1 year, not 2 years but 46 years, all the way to 1973 with some fun trivia about this Sesame Street classic, The Song of the Count! ..."
posted by ant 4 years 9 months 1 week ago • 12 views • 2:37YouTube description: 1.8 billion years ago, a cell ate another cell, but it didn't digest it, and without that happening, we would not exist. This week we explore the origins of eukaryotic cells and... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 335 views • 10:00In 1957, Grace Braeger of West Bend traded in her old car, threw down $2,250 hard-earned dollars and bought a '57 Chevy. Since that day long ago, it's been her only car.
posted by bobknight33 4 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 57 views • 4:42YouTube description: People get nervous when they see Märten Ajne ice skating. He intentionally skates on extremely thin ice. Ajne has pursued this dangerous hobby for 40 years and has skated on more... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months ago • 860 views • 2:34YouTube description: I got to see an Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) up close and personal at the Monterey Bay Aquarium recently and I fell in love. These things are the superlative of superlatives. They... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 1,838 views • 3:58YouTube description: If you want to drink a cup of tea at the Huashan Teahouse on Mount Hua, you’re going to have to put in the effort to get there. The journey starts with a 20-minute cable car ride.... continue reading
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