Turns out even the tiniest of screw-ups can result in major problems. From metric math mistakes at NASA to impatient generals dooming their own men. -yt
posted by eric3579 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 440 views • 10:56Videos (35) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
YouTube description: Chemical weapon attacks aren’t the only reason to pay attention to Syria. When Syrian-American author and civil rights lawyer Alia Malek woke up to the images of Syrians dying... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 week ago • 279 views • 3:02YouTube: Video in collaboration with Bill and Melinda Gates! Check out their Annual Letter here: http://b-gat.es/2lhhtmJ
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 128 views • 3:21...if he can read, it's at least clear that he doesn't read what he signs. Here he admits signing hundreds, much more than that, legal contracts without ever reading one. That's not good for a businessman... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 550 views • 5:31In a cemetery in Huelva, in Spain, is the grave of Major William Martin, of the British Royal Marines. Or rather, it's the grave of a man called Glyndwr Michael, who served his country during World War... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 484 views • 3:17Salamanders are a major link in the food web, and measured by weight, there can be more salamander biomass than all mammals and birds combined in a forest. Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bs or Bsal),... continue reading
posted by newtboy 8 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 112 views • 3:12YouTube Description: And how it got its name. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO El Niño is a weather phenomenon that occurs irregularly in the eastern tropical Pacific every... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 4 months 1 week ago • 1,145 views • 2:59EconStories presents a special event on entrepreneurship and innovation. PayPal co-founder and technology entrepreneur Peter Thiel visits the UT Austin campus to talk about innovation, entrepreneurship... continue reading
posted by Trancecoach 9 years 5 months ago • 13 views • 51:15This is another one of those videos that I expect many of you to hate. Gluten is surprisingly polarizing. Of course, most of the evidence that many of you will throw at me are anecdotes. And we all know... continue reading
posted by cricket 9 years 8 months ago • 797 views • 8:48Few ingredients come with as much baggage as MSG. Otherwise known as monosodium glutamate, the compound has had a bad reputation for nearly 50 years, so we at Reactions felt it was time to clear its name.... continue reading
posted by cricket 9 years 8 months ago • 702 views • 3:01"... Which came first: the stress or the pimples? The physical reactions to stress can cause major breakouts, which, in turn, can be even more stressful! Claudia Aguirre gives just one more reason to get... continue reading
posted by ant 9 years 8 months 1 week ago • 23 views • 3:55YouTube: Submit your own photos of misinformed Dimetrodon toys and games to http://isnotadinosaur.tumblr.com ! Learn more about the Field Museum's fossil mammal and synapsid collection: bit.ly/1sYstC5 ... continue reading
posted by Janine V. (Lilithia) 9 years 11 months 1 week ago • 406 views • 6:04What has happened to us? Despite the most advanced medical technology in the world, we are sicker than ever by nearly every measure. Two out of every three of us are overweight. Cases of diabetes are... continue reading
posted by eric3579 1 decade 11 months ago • 599 views • 2:12(youtube) Col. Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency talks about weightlessness. The effects of reduced gravity are a major factor in planning missions to Mars.
posted by pumkinandstorm 1 decade 11 months 1 week ago • 1,252 views • 2:34Most of these work in any major city.
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