American healthcare might not be the best world, but it is the most expensive. *** It's true, ask for an itemized bill sometime. I had a panic attack a few months ago and ended up in the hospital. Since... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 2,092 views • 5:33

YouTube: Abusing inhalants, like glue, can cause serious health problems, and you shouldn't need a video on the internet to tell you that. But let's take a deeper look at why these chemicals are so dangerous.

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 190 views • 2:33

I couldn't find any info on any projects like this, so I thought I would have a try myself. I thought an oven would be the perfect platform, it already has a door, space for insulation, and comes with... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 15 views • 7:48

I built a water powered hammer called a “Monjolo”. I started by making a water spout from half a hollow log to direct water from the creek. This was set up in the creek and water flowed through it.... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 7 years 2 weeks ago • 1,216 views • 8:51

YouTube description: Chemical weapon attacks aren’t the only reason to pay attention to Syria. When Syrian-American author and civil rights lawyer Alia Malek woke up to the images of Syrians dying... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month ago • 279 views • 3:02

John Oliver is not afraid to put his money where his mouth is. Back in February, realizing that President Trump gets most of his ideas from cable news, the Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight host purchased... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 1 month ago • 601 views • 1:37

It was just a routine workers’ compensation fraud case for Ken Sheppard. Show up for a spot check, do some surveillance of the subject and keep it pushing. But on March 3, 2014, it was anything but routine... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 1,157 views • 5:01

I 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 1 month 3 weeks ago • 419 views • 11:27

YouTube 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 1 week ago • 176 views • 4:26

YouTube description: It's not vanity. For cats, staying clean is a matter of life and death. And their tongue, specially equipped for the job, is just one of the things that makes cats such successful predators. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 369 views • 3:47

In this video I build a garden to grow Cassava and yams, two staple food crops. Cassava is a shrub that develops large edible roots. Yams are a climbing vine that produce large, edible underground bulbs... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 99 views • 6:27

From NYT: "...a really big drain called a spillway. And once you see it full of spiraling water, it is hard to take your eyes off it. For the first time in a decade, January and February have brought... continue reading

posted by chicchorea 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 1,883 views • 1:31

YouTube description: Foraminifera – tiny, single-celled marine life forms – build gorgeous houses that record how much ice there is on the planet. Special thanks to Professor Lee Kump of Penn... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 5 months ago • 489 views • 2:51

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 5 months 1 week ago • 521 views • 5:25

YouTube: Bakers will sometimes replace the butter, oil, or eggs in their breads, muffins, and assorted tasty treats with applesauce. That pretty much sounds like culinary magic, but it's not... it's culinary... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 6 months ago • 204 views • 2:58

You might think you're really hot when you're not. So taking off clothing might seem like a great idea, even though it's not.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months ago • 314 views • 4:03

YouTube description: Cashews are a member of the same family as poison ivy, Anacardiaceae. Like poison ivy and many other members of the family, part of the cashew plant contains an oily chemical called... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 6 months ago • 1,154 views • 2:07

YT-FYI: I don't count the 1824 election as the final winner was determined by the house of representatives and thus not *technically* a straight-up Electoral College fail. From what I was taught, the... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 6 months 1 week ago • 240 views • 22 secs

I built a prawn trap from lawyer cane, sticks and vine. Then I caught some prawns and ate them. Prawn (and fish) traps are simple traps designed to catch aquatic life due to their shape. It consists... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months 1 week ago • 257 views • 7:16

YouTube description: Conceived in the open sea, tiny spaceship-shaped sea urchin larvae search the vast ocean to find a home. After this incredible odyssey, they undergo one of the most remarkable transformations... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 658 views • 3:23