"Why some Americans’ votes count more than others. Watch more of our election coverage: http://vox.com/ElectionVideos In the 2000 US presidential election, the Democratic candidate got half a million... continue reading

posted by ant 4 months 1 week ago • 84 views • 8:09

NightHawkInLight attempts to recreate a lost supermaterial called Starlite that supposedly died with its inventor.

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YouTube description: Hips don’t lie. But a hip x-ray in the Soviet Union of the 1950s might not have been what it appeared to be. In fact, if it was round, it was likely a record. Let us explain.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago • 357 views • 2:30

Ice 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 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago • 323 views • 3:27

YouTube description: After being diagnosed with a rare, potentially fatal brain condition known as Moyamoya, Jennifer Lee was forced to face her own mortality and consider the things in life she held... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 4 weeks ago • 587 views • 10:01

YouTube description: Follow along as Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in Chicago works to conserve and restore this icon of Ave Maria. This piece was likely created in a workshop... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 2 months ago • 415 views • 11:31

YouTube description: It's an all-out brawl for prime beach real estate! These Caribbean crabs will tear each other limb from limb to get the best burrow. Luckily, they molt and regrow lost legs in a... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 4 months ago • 1,048 views • 4:59

YouTube description: What do you do if you're lost in Central Park? How to always find your way out with the secret code in New York City 1800s street lights. (via laughingsquid)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 9 months 1 week ago • 1,853 views • 2:20

(H/T @eric3579)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 849 views • 5:00

He'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) 3 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 2,020 views • 2:34

It was just a routine workers’ compensation fraud case for Ken Sheppard. Show up for a spot check, do some surveillance of the subject and keep it pushing. But on March 3, 2014, it was anything but routine... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 11 months ago • 1,154 views • 5:01

In this video I build a garden to grow Cassava and yams, two staple food crops. Cassava is a shrub that develops large edible roots. Yams are a climbing vine that produce large, edible underground bulbs... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 1 week ago • 95 views • 6:27

YouTube description: Colorado is known for its beautiful Rocky Mountains, but with mountains come snow and with snow come avalanches. Breckenridge Resort has a group of 6 dogs and handlers trained specifically... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 1 month ago • 187 views • 2:42

Pillaging Vikings, huge runestones, protective amulets... Discover the linguistics behind the Norse Runes

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 430 views • 6:59

Not in my case ... YouTube: Okay- you lost weight, but what actually happened to those fat-storing cells?

posted by PlayhousePals 4 years 2 months ago • 20 views • 2:30

Despite our best intentions, giving gifts leads to billions in lost value.

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 71 views • 2:21

YouTube description: Lost for decades beneath the streets of Naples, Italy, the Galleria Borbonica is a time capsule of the city's history. The system of tunnels and caverns was originally created in... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 3 months ago • 137 views • 1:28