From NYT: "...a really big drain called a spillway. And once you see it full of spiraling water, it is hard to take your eyes off it. For the first time in a decade, January and February have brought... continue reading
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YouTube: There's a lot about sleep that we don't understand, like why we even sleep in the first place, for example. Here are some amazing discoveries biologists have made while trying to solve the mystery... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 2 months 4 weeks ago • 151 views • 10:35What people consume in a movie says a lot about their character, but what does it mean when they drink milk? Let's take a look.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months ago • 1,348 views • 4:03There’s one interpretation of the meaning of quantum mechanics that manages to skip a lot of the unphysical weirdness of the mainstream interpretations: it's de Broglie-Bohm pilot wave theory.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months ago • 23 views • 16:321 in 5 Americans either has had bed bugs, or knows someone who has. And the problem isn’t going away. It’s actually getting a lot worse.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 1 week ago • 39 views • 8:33After installing the Windows Anniversary Update for Windows 10 it would seem we picked up a lot more than we bargained for. There is a feature now that allows Microsoft to quietly install popular games... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 81 views • 13:57A lot of people are arguing over the correct answer to this algebra problem involving horses, horseshoes, and boots. A Facebook post with this problem has over 500,000 comments. Can you figure it out?
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 826 views • 2:51It's not about how many times one does it. YouTube: I spend a fair amount of time talking about how social determinants of health come into play, with respect to health care outcomes. I also talk a... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 8 months ago • 568 views • 3:35YouTube: Mounting evidence suggests a lot of published research is false.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 321 views • 12:22YouTube description: The song “American Woman” by The Guess Who wasn't ever supposed to happen. It wasn't planned, staged or pre-meditated. Yet you all know the iconic riff. Sometimes all it takes... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 1,835 views • 3:02YouTube: People like to say all kinds of things about protein – like, you need to eat lots of it to build muscle and lose weight. The truth is, the science of protein and how your body uses it is much... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 9 months ago • 317 views • 4:50YouTube: The world has a lot to thank Henrietta Lacks for, and yet many do not know what she has contributed. From helping to create the polio vaccine to the study of radiation, Henrietta and her HeLa... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 20 views • 4:42YouTube description: There are lots of strategies to remember information when you need it most. These are shortcuts called mnemonics. Hosted by: Olivia Gordon
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 183 views • 4:25YouTube: Octopuses are smart! They play with toys, pull off daring escapes, and are masters of disguise. But they're also smart in a lot of ways that the human mind probably can't comprehend. For example,... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 10 months 1 week ago • 167 views • 4:26So. Are you your body? And if so, how exactly does this work? Lets explore lots of confusing questions. -yt Watch CGPs - You Are Two http://videosift.com/video/CGP-Grey-You-Are-Two-Brains
posted by eric3579 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,202 views • 6:28Cooking and leaching Black bean to remove the poison making it safe to eat. A basket was made to leach the poison out in a stream. Also shown are Atherton Oak nuts. The Aboriginal artifacts found near... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 299 views • 4:51I made a rough type of textile from bark fibre. This is the same tree I use for making cordage though I don’t know its name. It has been raining a lot here lately (the video also shows how well the hut... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 8 years ago • 639 views • 4:48YouTube: Eyes have been around for a long time, like... half a billion years or so... and in that time, animals have evolved lots of crazy and amazing ways to observe the world around them!
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 3 weeks ago • 403 views • 8:42YouTube description: We've reached peak lens flare. Vox's Phil Edwards explains how it happened. Lens flare: it's familiar from the very shiny work of J.J. Abrams, but it goes far beyond his flare-strewn... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 1 month 1 week ago • 987 views • 4:25Fox Business News brought out a guest to bash Bernie Sanders for being a socialist. Little did they know, it was about to go HORRIBLY wrong for them. Instead of bashing Bernie Sanders, he explained what... continue reading
posted by newtboy 8 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 814 views • 6:11