https://youtu.be/mbKAwk-OG_w Who knew there was so much science in a bowl of cereal? Ever notice how cereal clumps up in your bowl, or how cereal sticks to the edges of the bowl? Bubbles in beverages... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,107 views • 5:36Videos (109) | Sift Talk (1) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
There’s a saying in the sea, 'If it’s a cone, leave it alone'. Although they look pretty harmless cone nails are pretty deadly. They're a chemical making factory that travels around an a giant sticky... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 7 months 1 week ago • 790 views • 3:48YouTube: We live in an era of self driving cars, autonomous drones, deep learning algorithms, computers that beat humans at chess and go, and so on. So it’s natural to ask, will artificial superintelligence... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 297 views • 4:14The purpose of this project was to test a simplified blower design connected to a furnace. I purposely did this to show that people in most natural environments should be able to replicate this design... continue reading
posted by Mekanikal 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 559 views • 9:16YouTube description: Black holes are scary things. But they also might reveal the true nature of the universe to us. (via laughingsquid.com, H/T @eric3579)... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 403 views • 10:13YouTube description: Berlin is becoming a "Sponge City" designed to tackle two issues - heat and flooding - by imitating nature.
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 705 views • 4:11https://youtu.be/Zm6X77ShHa8 Beavers have done more to shape North American landscapes than any animal beside humans. We don’t notice them much today because there aren’t many left, but before colonization,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 1,121 views • 5:19YouTube: Which marvel of nature can build a 2 metre Orb Web with a silk that ranks as the World's toughest natural fibre? - The answer is the Darwin's Bark Spider and this real life "Spider Woman", no... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,549 views • 4:09YouTube: How does one species evolve into two within the same habitat? Discover the details behind a rare type of evolution: sympatric evolution.
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 230 views • 4:21YouTube description: We're pretty good at inventing things, but stealing from nature is a great way to solve some problems! Hosted by: Michael Aranda (H/T @eric3579)... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 368 views • 8:47YouTube description: Should we double down or give up and go our separate ways? This video will probably not make everybody happy. Probably for completely opposite reasons. Some people want less... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 458 views • 7:42I built this pottery kiln and some pottery from termite mound clay to test an alternative clay source to my usual one from the creek bank. I started by making a large grate from ordinary clay. It was just... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 419 views • 11:27YouTube: Collective nouns are a great way to have fun with language and nature.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 864 views • 1:59YouTube description: Meet Professor Jamie Seymour, he milks stuff. But nothing that moos, has hooves, wool or fur. He prefers to live life on the edge, milking the venom from the most venomous animals... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 176 views • 4:26YouTube description: Originally built by the Incas, the manmade salt pans in Maras, Peru, have endured for over 500 years. Beneath the Qaqawiñay mountains runs a salty fresh spring, which empties into... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 1,535 views • 1:20YouTube description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-super-glue-was-invented-moments-of-vision-8-jessica-oreck Today, super glue is a nearly indispensable household item — but its... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 362 views • 1:54Via YouTube: Fewer than three dozen Gobi bears survive in the Gobi Desert, a harsh landscape that stretches from Mongolia into China. Journalist and wildlife biologist Douglas Chadwick describes the efforts... continue reading
posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 347 views • 5:25This scientist about to retire when he found a way to save the planet. Very cool
posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 4 months ago • 556 views • 3:19Via YouTube: This troop of Langur Monkeys show empathetic behavior as they mourn what they think is a dead baby Langur, which is actually a robotic spy monkey, designed to film the primates. This footage... continue reading
posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 1,269 views • 1:27"Australian Geographic presents Christmas Island - Part 4: The Red Crab Migration". "Australian Geographic presents the very Best of Australia: Christmas Island. Part 4 illustrates the enormity of Christmas... continue reading
posted by ant 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 18 views • 4:30