"... After seeing his picture on World Book Day we invited 'Mini Mark' to Guinness World Records HQ. He underwent intensive training with Mark 'Big Mark' McKinley, to become Guinness World Record's Unofficial... continue reading

posted by ant 4 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 10 views • 4:30

Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election will be read live in New York City. According to Reuters, there will be around 20 actors performing the reading. Those include,... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 years 11 months ago • 132 views • 33 secs

YouTube description: Thanks to all the Dunedin Railways team! You can find out more about them here: https://www.dunedinrailways.co.nz/ Edited by Michelle Martin (@mrsmmartin) I'm at http://tomscott.com ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 338 views • 2:27

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 4 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 168 views • 20:41

YouTube description: The Citicorp Center repair is a classic engineering case study of how mistakes must be avoided in engineering and construction of public works. A skyscraper in New York City needed... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,280 views • 8:24

Most poisonous mushrooms won’t kill you—they’ll simply cause a severe headache or vomiting. Death-cap mushrooms are not like the others. As little as half an Amanita phalloides contains enough toxin... continue reading

posted by BSR 4 years 12 months ago • 687 views • 2:34

YouTube description: David Owen reports on noise pollution, an intangible phenomenon with serious costs to human health and wildlife. (H/T @eric3579)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 week ago • 379 views • 8:45

YouTube description: At the University of Canterbury, in Christchurch, New Zealand, the team at Mars Bioimaging are using detector equipment originally developed for the Large Hadron Collider, and putting... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 week ago • 639 views • 5:41

According to a new report from the United Nations, our planet is in worse shape than at any other time in human history. The Trump Administration has done everything they can to do nothing about climate... continue reading

posted by newtboy 5 years 2 weeks ago • 1,059 views • 3:01

YouTube description: Kerosene Creek is a natural hot spring near Rotorua, on the North Island of New Zealand. And there have been official warnings for years: don't put your head under water. It turns... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 weeks ago • 423 views • 3:42

YouTube description: Danny Dimian, Visual Effects Supervisor, and Josh Beveridge, Head of Character Animation, for "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," share exclusive breakdowns and talk about their... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months ago • 425 views • 13:28

YouTube description: Compliant mechanisms have lots of advantages over traditional devices. SimpliSafe is awesome security. It's really effective, easy to use, and the price is great. Check out SimpliSafe... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 1 week ago • 1,004 views • 12:52

This successful test of the upgraded and now human rated Dragon capsule is the first step towards the USA being able to send astronauts to the ISS without hitching a lift on Russian Soyuz spacecraft. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 516 views • 4:57

YouTube description: The moon is looking more full than ever. The director Todd Douglas Miller assembles beautifully restored archival footage, blends that with audio from the astronauts and a vibrant... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 311 views • 2:41

YouTube description: In an effort to retain heritage, reduce waste and overcome the challenge of finding sites in urban areas, architects, engineers and developers are breathing new life into existing... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 628 views • 7:15

This is a Muonionalusta meteorite. The unique Widmanstätten pattern makes this one of the most beautiful meteorites. Showing this ring to new people really is amazing. Some people freak out completely... continue reading

posted by newtboy 5 years 3 months ago • 798 views • 11:12

"NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover has already descended from Vera Rubin Ridge, a region of Mount Sharp that it has been exploring for more than a year. But before it left, the rover took a 360-degree panorama... continue reading

posted by ant 5 years 3 months 1 week ago • 10 views • 1:31

YouTube description: After being diagnosed with a rare, potentially fatal brain condition known as Moyamoya, Jennifer Lee was forced to face her own mortality and consider the things in life she held... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 589 views • 10:01

The Hunt-Lenox globe is the second-oldest surviving terrestrial globe and also the oldest known globe to depict the Americas. The globe is covered in hidden details, including the Latin phrase, HC SVNT... continue reading

posted by newtboy 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 497 views • 2:26

On New Year's day, we said goodbye to George the Snail, marking the first extinction of 2019, and the way things are looking, it won't be the last. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow

posted by newtboy 5 years 4 months ago • 276 views • 5:51