Here, I share my story about how I spent the last two decades of my life as a neurosurgeon who went through a mid-life crisis and got through to the other side.... maybe?

posted by eric3579 2 months 1 week ago • 35 views • 48:22

Let’s talk about states of matter. You know your states of matter don’t you? We have solids, liquids and gasses, and plasmas, quark-gluon plasmas, nuclear matter, bose-einstein condensates, neutronium,... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 8 months 2 weeks ago • 272 views • 14:12

Look around you. Where are you? Where is this place you are occupying? Somewhere in a room, maybe in a city on a continent on a planet orbiting a star in a galaxy among billions. But… where is all of... continue reading

posted by eric3579 2 years 4 months 1 week ago • 225 views • 9:55

Having listen to this and still remember a time.... I deplore this kind of politics. I think the ad is dishonest and dishonorable. As it is, none of these individuals served on the boat (Kerry) commanded.... continue reading

posted by luxintenebris 2 years 5 months 1 week ago • 900 views • 4:45

Nord Stream 2 is possibly the world's most controversial infrastructure project, and it was thrust further into the spotlight when Russia invaded Ukraine earlier in 2022. The future of this monumental... continue reading

posted by eric3579 2 years 5 months 1 week ago • 64 views • 12:17

YouTube description: Spend a little time with the other amazing photos from this year at https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/ This was really an honor to be a part of. We started with thousands of images... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 1 week ago • 107 views • 3:59

From Youtube, "...66 million years ago, maybe on a Tuesday afternoon, life was the same as it had been the day before or a thousand years before or pretty much a million years before. Things were good... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 3 years 3 months 1 week ago • 305 views • 12:02

Gricean Maxims are a vital part of how we understand each other: a set of... well, maybe "rules" is a bit strong. They're guidelines that we follow without realising it. And it's the reason that "asbestos-free... continue reading

posted by eric3579 4 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 1,082 views • 5:33

YouTube description: Slimy, a little smelly, maybe even a little gross, but to many organisms, the oxic-anoxic transition is a shifting chemical boundary that has created a challenge for life...a challenge... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 12 months ago • 125 views • 10:04

YouTube description: Many cat owners are familiar with the "gifts" their feline friends are fond of giving, but if left unchecked, this behavior can be devastating. (H/T @eric3579)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 1,169 views • 5:46

"Elevator. It’s a fascination and a fear for many. Countless action movies and TV shows feature stuck elevators, fights in elevators, and, of course falling elevators. How many times when an elevator... continue reading

posted by ant 5 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 219 views • 7:36

Back in the 1920s, wingwalking claimed lives. Daredevils would move around on the top of a plane's wings, in mid-flight, often without any harness or any safety line. Maybe they'd be able to clip onto... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years ago • 74 views • 4:09

In this video, Tim demonstrates a variety of Lenz's Law demonstrations. At its simplest, you can just drop a magnet down a metal tube, maybe made of copper or aluminium, and be surprised at how slowly... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 1 month ago • 968 views • 6:01

"Pill bugs. Doodle bugs. Potato bugs. Wood Shrimp. Whatever you call them, there’s something less creepy about these critters than other insects. Maybe it’s because they’re not insects at all..." ... continue reading

posted by ant 6 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 519 views • 3:30

Without neutrons, harnessing nuclear energy would be impossible. Try Audible free for 30 days: http://audible.com/veritasium I have a new documentary coming out in a few months - sign up here to be... continue reading

posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 667 views • 7:38

YouTube description: We’ve all met a crazy cat lady or maybe a neighbor with an insane collection of pet turtles. Now, let us introduce you to Ramón Medina Archundia: the iguana guy. Archundia loves... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 months ago • 234 views • 2:29

Maybe one of the most delicious food plots of the 90s, or any decade for that matter, hails from a lesser-known sitcom called 'Seinfeld'. This scrappy little American comedy featured a so-called "Soup... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 298 views • 10:43

for Workers, Employers, and Pretty Much Everybody YouTube: Maybe the person working near you, the one who dragged himself to work and is now coughing and sneezing, couldn’t afford to stay home. Each... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 521 views • 5:25

Glaciologists will find this video obvious. Everyone else... well, maybe I slept through a bit of sixth-grade geography, but I didn't know this, and I reckon I should have done.

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 1 week ago • 504 views • 3:01