At the old hut site (the new one being temporarily cut off by flooding) I made lime mortar from the shells of rainforest snails by firing them in a kiln, slaking them in water, mixing them into lime putty.... continue reading
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The landscape of Iceland has changed a lot in a thousand years. When the Vikings first arrived in the ninth century, the land was covered in 25 to 40 percent forest. Within a few centuries, almost all... continue reading
posted by newtboy 6 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 801 views • 5:22"... Even the parts of our brains that don't control physical movement show a lot of rhythm, and that might be integral to how our brains work..."
posted by ant 6 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 213 views • 2:55YouTube description: Our image of dinosaurs has been constantly changing since naturalists started studying them about 350 years ago. Taken together, these pictures can tell us a whole lot about just... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months 1 week ago • 1,290 views • 12:21YouTube description: IMPORTANT NOTE I'm not saying that this is the best or only way. I have lots of friends who go to 100% every time and they are extremely prolific and effective creators. And they... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months 1 week ago • 1,346 views • 3:57In this classic Sesame Street clip, we take a visit to the saxophone factory to see how the horn is made. Throughout, a delightful free jazz soundtrack acts as foley sound, instead of us hearing the (probably... continue reading
posted by BSR 6 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 69 views • 2:06YouTube description: What do all those bodies of water really mean? In this episode of Vox Almanac, Phil Edwards travels through the map to define bodies of water. Find Phil Edwards on Facebook... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 1,336 views • 5:15Published 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 8 months 1 week ago • 1,847 views • 10:28YouTube description: We know a lot about dinosaurs but there’s one question that has plagued paleontologists for decades: what color were they? (via digg)... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 342 views • 6:01YouTube: 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 9 months 2 weeks ago • 411 views • 3:56Humans emit roughly 30 to 40 billion tons of the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, into the atmosphere each year. If we keep it up, Earth will continue to heat up and ultimately devastate our way of life. ... continue reading
posted by newtboy 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 107 views • 2:18The Krabby Patty is a thing of pop culture culinary legend - a burger, forged from a secret formula, worshipped by a sociopathically upbeat sponge. How do we go about recreating that which is not reacreate-able?... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 30 viewsYouTube description: The Dolly Zoom is a bizarre cinematic effect, and it can do a lot more than just make you dizzy. Let's take a look at some famous instances of the dolly zoom, see what they accomplish,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,436 views • 4:17I did not know that! Thanks @eric3579 YouTube: There's a reason that a lot of planets in American science fiction look the same: they're all filmed in the same places. But why those particular locations?... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years ago • 1,694 views • 2:08YouTube description: They're just tiny marks on the page, but a lot can depend on them. Produced for Mental Floss.
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 weeks ago • 399 views • 1:42YouTube: When President Trump's White House revealed its proposed budget recently. A lot of things got cut, and much public outrage was expressed about cuts to funding for Meals on Wheels. White House... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 1 month ago • 396 views • 5:12Prisons are a very dangerous place. And since prisoners have a lot of free time they come up with different ways to hurt their cellmates or parole officers. The weapons we are gonna show you in this video... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 183 views • 4:50SAD! YouTube: I don't really know what this budget is meant to do aside from raise military spending dramatically while keeping spending almost exactly the same as it is now. It's remarkable how close... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 338 views • 5:03YouTube: I once received a lot of blowback for an Upshot article in which I showed (with evidence) that exercise is not the key to weight loss. Diet is. Many, many readers cannot wrap their head around... continue reading
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