Mark Rober puts his pet octopus through a nine-part maze to try to earn a massive stash of her favourite food and, ultimately, her freedom.
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Animals That Can Die From Their Own Horns
posted by BSR 9 months 3 weeks ago • 239 views • 58 secsWhat you think you know about tides is all wrong…
posted by BSR 9 months 4 weeks ago • 283 views • 48 secsIn 1864, Jourdon Anderson and his wife escaped a life of slavery and moved to Ohio. A year later, he received a desperate letter from the man who used to own him, in which he was asked to return to work... continue reading
posted by newtboy 10 months 2 weeks ago • 78 views • 6:30Proudly Presenting: "Corporate Ping Pong" This engineered mechanical sculpture is a representation of the hum and haw and constant, slow churn of the big corporate machine. Jumping through hoops, creating... continue reading
posted by newtboy 10 months 2 weeks ago • 72 views • 6:35The Palestinian ambassador to the U.N. speaks to the assembly about the actual Palestinian position on the Israeli war. It bears mentioning that Hamas is not the elected governing body, they seized control... continue reading
posted by newtboy 10 months 3 weeks ago • 109 views • 42 secsHow tiny girl can escape any headlock from a man
posted by BSR 10 months 4 weeks ago • 482 views • 59 secsTed Koppel's interview with Nelson Mandela in 1990 on ABC News. Nelson Mandela visited the U.S. for the first time after being freed from 27 years of imprisonment in South Africa. Here is sectioned out... continue reading
posted by newtboy 10 months 4 weeks ago • 5 views • 8:19Rep. Katie Porter delivers a powerful breakdown on the current state of the IRS. She brings a white board and shows which methods of filing taxes are free, requires low effort and makes a few mistakes.
posted by newtboy 11 months ago • 336 views • 6:56Hemp is a plant whose vegetable fibers have been used in the making of fabrics, the manufacture of espadrilles and in rope making. Manuel Abad was an expert ropemaker from Cornago (La Rioja) who showed... continue reading
posted by newtboy 11 months ago • 56 views • 8:44Magnetohydrodynamic thrust uses no moving parts in order to accelerate water. It has been known for half a century, but it may be possible that we're only now beginning to explore it for use in Marine... continue reading
posted by newtboy 11 months 2 weeks ago • 277 views • 12:11Mindboggingly complex song from Sesame Street analyzed. Fun if you're interested in rhythms and chords! :)
posted by Zawash 11 months 3 weeks ago • 380 views • 16:42Tesla turbines are far more efficient than bladed turbines and take less maintenance.
posted by newtboy 11 months 3 weeks ago • 313 views • 1:00I turned myself into an AI superhero
posted by BSR 11 months 4 weeks ago • 157 views • 46 secsI offered people $100 if they could read a paragraph from a book out loud. Things got a little crazy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combination_tone
posted by newtboy 11 months 4 weeks ago • 377 views • 11:26Good Ol’ Southern Hospitality
posted by BSR 11 months 4 weeks ago • 34 views • 56 secsDwayne Kieth Davis has been arrested for the 1996 shooting death of Tupac Shakur.
posted by newtboy 12 months ago • 17 views • 55 secsPrecious samples collected from an asteroid are to be moved to a specialist laboratory in Texas. Material taken from what has been described as “the most dangerous rock in our Solar System” came... continue reading
posted by newtboy 1 year ago • 123 views • 2:48"A truly X-cellent and X-ceptional video… ... Despite being one of the rarest letters in English, the letter X is everywhere. We sign letters with it, we rate movies with it, we name all sorts of things... continue reading
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