How do you measure big forces accurately? By calibrating your force transducer on the worlds biggest weight - 1,000,000 pounds of force. This machine ensures planes don't break apart, jets provide required... continue reading

posted by Mekanikal 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,248 views • 5:45

YouTube description: These days, giant wind turbines are supplying more and more of our clean energy. And when they break down, they need to be fixed fast. It's a job only a few people are equipped... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 559 views • 5:44

Crooked Hillary Clinton's new ad "She always" will have you believe she's always fought for the poor and the middle class. Well if empty words could make changes, that would be true! However no one can... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 53 views • 2:11

YouTube description: It’s probably the most well known peacetime battle between the USA and the Soviet Union, in both technological and ideological terms of the 20th century. Although the USA won... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 812 views • 14:23

YouTube description: in this video i will try to explain how a bladeless fan works. is a bit difficult do it in english. if you can do it better please use comment box below. the space between the... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months ago • 1,002 views • 4:53

YouTube description: Have ever wondered how digital illustrations are made? This video explains the basics. Help us keep making videos by supporting us in https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth We try... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 483 views • 3:49

To quote her own presentation: - Our fears about debt and deficits are driven by an outdated gold standard ideology - Money is not a finite "thing" - Deficits can be too big or too small - The goal... continue reading

posted by radx 8 years 2 months 4 weeks ago • 278 views • 1:18:38

The fascinating video above tells the story of MIT Professor Ioannis Yannas, who was recently inducted into the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame alongside such luminaries as the Wright brothers and Steve... continue reading

posted by enoch 8 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 1,844 views • 16:57

YouTube: Disenchanted with the out-of-date curriculum of traditional college, Jeremy Rossmann dropped out of MIT. Within a few years, he and co-founder Ashu Desai, started The Make School, a college replacement... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 493 views • 4:02

YouTube Description: Jellyfish don’t have a heart, or blood, or even a brain. They’ve survived five mass extinctions. And you can find them in every ocean, from pole to pole. What’s their secret?... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 7 months ago • 170 views • 2:56

A distant predecessor of the dreaded hipster perchance? YouTube: Sometimes, big hunks of strange-looking flesh wash up onshore and then people think that they’re dinosaurs or giant octopi or previously... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 18 views • 3:14

Lack of ability to cry was why I didn't gel with antidepressants. Horrid. YouTube: Dr. Julie Holland argues that women are designed by nature to be dynamic and sensitive – women are moody and that... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 1 month 1 week ago • 302 views • 6:51

"Well played bacteria ... well played" YouTube: SciShow News explains how evolution and antibiotics have teamed up to produce an ordinary germ that can now, sometimes, kill people. Also, our favorite... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 2 months 1 week ago • 201 views • 4:46

Making all the signs for all of New York City is a full time job. I have no idea how to tag this.

posted by nock 1 decade 11 months 1 week ago • 305 views • 2:58

YouTube Description: Imagine a mouthful of pop rocks plus Novocaine plus dandelions and you'll have an idea of what buzz buttons are like! Big in Brazil, the buzz buttons inspired us to call on our favorite... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 11 months 2 weeks ago • 311 views • 5:27

Sixty Symbols takes on the question of if electrons would move around the atom at absolute zero. The answer surprised me a bit, but makes sense and is sort of a slap yourself in the head and of course... continue reading

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 3 years 6 months 1 week ago • 4,670 views